There’s been a bit of a hubbub lately concerning free AT&T Hotspot access for iPhone customers. Though nothing had been announced, an iPhone user discovered that, when he launched Safari on the iPhone at an AT&T Hotspot, he was given a login screen where he could put in his iPhone number and AT&T account password to get free access to the Hotspot via iPhone. This was, of course, reported all over the internet and the login screen quickly disappeared, leaving many to speculate that someone at AT&T had flipped a switch too soon.
This idea was reinforced a few days later when someone noticed that the iPhone rate plans on AT&T?s site suddenly listed access to AT&T Hotspots as an included feature. This, also, disappeared quite quickly.
As it turns out, this was a feature that was supposed have its official launch yesterday. Unfortunately, the launch seems to have been scrapped at the last minute. According to an internal AT&T Memo:
?The iPhone Wi-Fi offer that was scheduled to launch today has been canceled. Nothing has been announced by the company to our customers and will not impact existing customers. Additional communication will be provided if the status of the project changes.?
While that does suck, it at least leaves open the possibility that the service may be launched at a later date, possibly in order to let Steve announce it at his WWDC keynote June 9th (as if he isn?t going to have enough to talk about).
[via CrunchGear]
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