AT&T is at Red Alert as management and technical staff scurry in an attempt to make Friday’s iPhone MMS messaging roll-out as flawless as possible, as the company seeks to answer network critics.
The carrier knows that having had months in which US customers haven’t enjoyed the same facility as iPhone owners outside of the country, users won’t take kindly to any network flakiness - the company has had plenty of time to get it right, after all.
DSL Reports cites sources who say AT&T expect a flood of iPhone users sending pictures and video clips will generate a 40% rise in network traffic load in the first few days, and the carrier is rushing to beef-up its infrastructure in prepar