[stickyd8]

Originally Posted by cash7c3

So we know that AT&T is going to be behind everyone else in allowing MMS and tethering once iPhone 3.0 firmware is released. The question is why. A BoyGenius report via one of their "AT&T Ninjas" fills in the supposed details.

MMS
The reason AT&T is going to be slow on getting MMS provisioned for iPhones is laughable. To prevent MMS from working properly on iPhones AT&T has added "Opt Out MMS codes" to iPhone accounts preventing MMS. Once the codes are taken off accounts MMS will work fine on the iPhone with 3.0 firmware at no additional cost -- it is included with the standard $20 SMS/data plan required for iPhones already. The catch is AT&T has to removed these Op Out MMS codes from every iPhone account manually. Hah.

Tethering
Tethering for AT&T is a different monster. The delay is reported to be completely intentional on AT&T's part and at the launch of iPhone firmware 3.0 tethering will be disabled entirely for AT&T customers. It will become an option at a later date as soon as AT&T has managed to cobble together na unlimited data tethering plan for the iPhone at expense of an additional $70/mo.

I just spent 40 minutes on the phone with AT&T. I told the lady I was a developer and had teh GSM release of 3.0 software, but needed the "opt out MMS" removed manually from my account to test the mms feature with my apps. She removed this, tried several software upgrades, gave me every possible authorization to send/receive mms, but it still doesn't work. I'm not sure what's going on, but I'm pissed! WTF AT&T!!!!

[reanimationxp]

Originally Posted by stickyd8

I just spent 40 minutes on the phone with AT&T. I told the lady I was a developer and had teh GSM release of 3.0 software, but needed the "opt out MMS" removed manually from my account to test the mms feature with my apps. She removed this, tried several software upgrades, gave me every possible authorization to send/receive mms, but it still doesn't work. I'm not sure what's going on, but I'm pissed! WTF AT&T!!!!

First off, why do people feel the need to quote entire long unrelated posts? Second, THINK. The firmware is not released yet and MMS has not worked for devs yet.. why would it now that apple has announced the release date? Their MMS servers are obviously not active or something, and standard ATT reps will not have the option to do whatever it is they need to do in their system until 3.0 is actually released.

[sziklassy]

Originally Posted by lshin037

This is one of the disadvantages of having AT&T. When I had a Blackberry with Tmobile, tethering was free and unlimited. My brother who had the same blackberry but with AT&T, had to pay like $25 extra for tethering.

That is TMO's only way to compete... much cheaper prices. Their coverage doesn;t compare to Verizon or ATT and neither does their user base.

[politicalslug]

I just got off the phone with customer support and they were told they are not allowed to remove the "opt out" info on your account as it would violate Apple's policy. It has nothing to do with manually removing anything. LIES LIES LIES.

[stickyd]

Originally Posted by reanimationxp

First off, why do people feel the need to quote entire long unrelated posts? Second, THINK. The firmware is not released yet and MMS has not worked for devs yet.. why would it now that apple has announced the release date? Their MMS servers are obviously not active or something, and standard ATT reps will not have the option to do whatever it is they need to do in their system until 3.0 is actually released.

Okay, first of all Jackass, this is my first post on here, so excuse me for posted the story. Second, I just reset my iPhone and whatever the lady at AT&T did worked........so "OBVIOUSLY", you don't know what the hell you're talking about!!! Here's a pic to prove it!

[Melech518]

Originally Posted by sziklassy

That is TMO's only way to compete... much cheaper prices. Their coverage doesn;t compare to Verizon or ATT and neither does their user base.

I have found that the coverage with AT&T and T-Mobile are almost exactly the same. They share all the same towers. T-Mobile actually has a data plan for their customers on iPhones for $24.99/month. Everyone knows that AT&T is just raping all their customers with their pricing because they have an exclusive on the iPhone. To be honest, I do not know WTF you were trying to say in your response. I think you are a moron and should read what you type before posting in the future. There are other topics to discuss this issue, not here...

[fletch33]

@stickyd

you are correct. my MMS worked after i installed the first beta 3.0 and called ATT and had a tech remove my block or "opt-out". it did stop weeks later.

just wanted to back you up

[sneakyzekey]

i been able to do the teathering and mms for awhile too

[plnkeye21]

Stupid question but will mms, tethering, and all the other features work on the 2g iPhone? What will/wont work on 3.0 for the 2g?

[Zwayne]

My mms work's it must have been fixed at some point in time.

[Enigmafan420]

The blog posting states that SMS is a required $20 add on for the iPhone.

This is categorically untrue. I have a family plan with 2 3Gs, two other lines, and text messaging blocked.

The original iPhone included 200 text messages in its $20 data plan-perhaps this is what was meant.

[kagehito54]

Going back to the tethering issue. I've used PDAnet(which is an amazing piece of software) to VPN into my work via my laptop seemlessly as well as download all sorts of things on the go, and even play online games. While using my iPhone to tether I probably have only capped maybe over a gig of data in a month using my data plan. So to put it in perspective it will be ok and you won't be flagged if you stay at a reasonable data use. I'm sure there are users out there that don't tether but can put down some crazy amount of usage if you continuously stream YouTube vids from your phone etc. So just in my personal experience using PDAnet or whatever pleases you to tether outside of using AT&T's ridiculously priced tether plan will be fine so long as you do it conservatively.

[vokal_guy]

Originally Posted by sneakyzekey

i been able to do the teathering and mms for awhile too

3.0 GM Firmware? Anything special like load carrier settings?

[DiverRich]

Just to follow up on what stickyd reported, I contacted AT&T and the Customer Service Rep was more than willing to change the opt out but couldn't. She called tech support and they said Apple sent an email telling them to not remove the opt out. I pressed the issue and they sent me to Apple who said it was AT&T's fault and it was because the software on AT&T's side is still in beta. She claimed it had nothing to do with manually removing the codes and that once the software is ready, they will all be removed at once "at the end of the summer."

[vokal_guy]

Originally Posted by DiverRich

Just to follow up on what stickyd reported, I contacted AT&T and the Customer Service Rep was more than willing to change the opt out but couldn't. She called tech support and they said Apple sent an email telling them to not remove the opt out. I pressed the issue and they sent me to Apple who said it was AT&T's fault and it was because the software on AT&T's side is still in beta. She claimed it had nothing to do with manually removing the codes and that once the software is ready, they will all be removed at once "at the end of the summer."

Wow att says its apples fault, apple is blaming at&t, this is some bullsh!t, i mean let someone take responsibility, well according to BGR, they say its att's fault.... the blaming game is on....