Has AT&T Sabotaged its Own 3G Network? | The iPhone FAQ
Eight second ping times? If you don't know what that means, just think "real slow." A normal ping time over the 3G network should be around 200 milliseconds (that's 40 times faster than eight seconds).Why do some connections initiate right away while others take eight seconds or longer? Telecom blogger Brough Turner has researched the problem and explained that AT&T's network configuration could be to blame.
via Has AT&T Sabotaged its Own 3G Network? | The iPhone FAQ.
iPhone MMS. Finally.
It seems the iPhone MMS roll-out was successful. I haven't heard of any fires or major outages. To enable MMS all I had to do was fire up iTunes with the iPhone plugged in, click update when prompted, then reboot the phone. Nice work (finally). My first messages to 2 Verizon phones with seemingly no delay or error as did my third message to another iPhone on AT&T.
Between the Gmail Push and MMS, this week has been pretty big for the iPhone. I don't think there is anything left to look forward too. LOL :-/
AT&T commits to MMS date… again.
So AT&T commits to enabling MMS software for iPhones on Sept 25. As an iPhone owner I'm pumped. But then I read an article on the NY Times page about iPhone users in big cities currently having trouble receiving SMS or making phone calls during peak traffic times. Forget about using 3g for data. Now instead of excited, I'm a little worried. Why is Sept 25th so special? If the network can't handle peak loads now, why do they expect it can on the 25th with MMS?
Send MMS from iPhone workaround
This is more of a hack than anything. I don't find this to be really annoying, but some people are really put off that they can't send or receive MMS on their iPhones yet. Until AT&T gets it in gear, here's what I do.
For the people I would most likely send any type of MMS message, I add an additional email address to their contact in my phone book using their PhoneNumber@CompanyMMS.whatever. Below is a list of domains US wireless carriers use:
| Verizon | vzwpix.com |
| AT&T/Cingular | mms.att.com |
| Sprint/Nextel | messaging.sprintpcs.com |
| T-Mobile | tmomail.net |
| Virgin | vmobl.net |
| Boost Mobile | myboostmobile.com |
| Alltel | message.alltel.com |
| Amp'd Mobile | vzwpix.com |
Hopefully AT&T makes MMS really happen this summer.
UPDATE: According to iphonefaq.org MMS won't be available until after the summer.