AT&T jump the gun on free iPhone 3G wireless offer

It was great news hearing that AT&T had a free wireless offer that would allow iPhone 3G users to access the Internet on the go for free. Today we hear that the news was too good to be true.

Apparently AT&T officials have now retracted the offer and said that it was mistakenly put up on the AT&T website, and that’s not the first time AT&T have made this kind of mistake.

If the offer did go ahead, iPhone users would have been able to get free access to the Internet via 17,000 Wi-Fi hotspots; this would of included bookstores, airports and Starbucks coffee shops.

After the reports we had yesterday about 3G usage affecting the iPhones battery life badly, the option of free Wi-Fi hotspots would of enabled users to turn off 3G and use Wi-Fi to save battery life.

It now seems Obvious that something free will be coming soon, and this offer maybe something that’s due but just not now. AT&T has always said they will be giving free wireless at some point.

Lets hope it happens soon as this would also relieve AT&T cellular networks and divert some heavy traffic to hotspots that connect to the web by landlines and not 3G.