Written by brian_houghton on Friday, September 25, 2009

iPhone Users Get MMS, AT&T’s Network Gets Another Hit


iPhone MMS

To paraphrase a often quoted film line from Cool Hand Luke, “well he wants it, well he gets it”.  And so AT&T has finally delivered (as reported by ComputerWorld) on the promise of MMS support for iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS users.  However, as expected by many, myself included, AT&T did little if anything to prepare their network for millions of people adding to the taxing of the service by sending pictures, videos, sound clips, etc.

So I ask, what will it take for AT&T to address their serious network issues?  Being unable to support the bandwidth for successful MMS transmission is poor planning, especially since they established the target date.

Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.  Are you an iPhone 3G / 3GS user that is happy to have MMS, plagued by network issues or a regular non-iPhone’r that is reaping the poor service inflicted by all those pics of Little Johnny being sent?

[image:  AT&T]

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John D. Sheridan
Sep 26, 2009

I used to sort of feel sympathy for cell companies regarding bandwidth use by data, but after some thought, and seeing how much they advertise data plans (and how much they charge for them), I had to ask, “Did NO ONE think about this? Did NO ONE even consider what opening up the network to data traffic in the first place was going to do?”

Now, I know that traditionally any network is designed with the idea that not everyone will be using it at the same time. Dial-up providers used to “over sell” in that they would have maybe 100 accounts (or maybe more) for every 50 to 75 incoming lines, figuring that not all 100 users would need access simulaneously. (AOL’s “unlimited access” fiasco should have taught some lessons about planning.) But I think that AT&T, and maybe some others, underestimated the demand for mobile data access, and they have yet to catch up.

I don’t feel sorry for them anymore, they brought it on themselves.

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