The churn rate — the percentage of customers who drop AT&T’s service — among iPhone owners is significantly lower than the rest of the network, sharply reducing marketing costs. …… Posted By akotiranta, San Diego , CA: January 28, 2009 2 :16 PM. NeXT big thing would be when apple and at&t offer hot spot device for wire in your home with range of about 10-20 meters witch make your Iphone an a house wired phone with option to kip your old number etc… …

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Why AT&T loves the iPhone (again) – Apple 2.0 – Fortune Brainstorm …