AT&T's network, which is crumbling under the pressure of the high iPhone traffic seems to be the reason why we haven't seen MMS and Tethering. Should AT&T have noticed about two years ago that iPhone traffic was starting to tax their network? Should they have waited until now to roll out some upgrades? That's what they are claiming as the reasons for holding back MMS and tethering.
AT&T said today that MMS messaging, which has been a glaring omission on the iPhone 3G and new 3GS, will arrive on Sept. 25. It's not quite the "late summer" launch that we were told about, is it?
Why the delay? Well, AT&T said earlier that it was because the company was "finalizing internal system upgrades."