AT&T Continues to Temper Expectations for iPhone Tethering in 2009
9 to 5 Mac reports that it has received a note from an AT&T spokesperson asking the site to remove a reference suggesting that the company would support Internet tethering via the iPhone by the end of 2009.
AT&T's comment comes just a week after the company reiterated its position that further network "fine tuning" is required before it can support tethering via the iPhone.
We believed it was coming later this year, until we got a note from an AT&T spokeman. He told us to correct a post that said AT&T will be delivering tethering in 2009. Specifically, he said (his font color, not ours):
"Just reading again - where did anyone promise tethering by EOY? Where did you see that? We promised MMS by end of summer and ended up being a few days late for that..."
AT&T's comment comes just a week after the company reiterated its position that further network "fine tuning" is required before it can support tethering via the iPhone.
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30 months ago
If you are surprised by this then I have some very bad news for you about Santa Claus too.
30 months ago
If you are surprised by this then I have some very bad news for you about Santa Claus too.
What!?
He's still coming right?
:)
30 months ago
ATT: but don't worry, the second tethering in available to our subscribers, we'll post another poorly written video featuring that same guy from the MMS video shilling out horse crap about how difficult it was and how we weren't prepared and all the people complaining are just a bunch of meanies!
30 months ago
I want to know what colour font he used.
I bet pink (or no one would have mentioned it)
30 months ago
Ohh AT&T, isn't it amazing what level of customer indifference you can get away with when you have no competition in the iPhone market? If we had multi-carrier support in this country, you can bet that we would be in a bragging war as to who can bring you these features first.
Not that I would necessarily change carriers if it were an open market (I've been with AT&T mobile for 10 years), but that sort of competition benefits all customers and inevitably the carriers as well.
Not that I would necessarily change carriers if it were an open market (I've been with AT&T mobile for 10 years), but that sort of competition benefits all customers and inevitably the carriers as well.
30 months ago
I think AT&T should do some coarse tuning (like making it work, expanding coverage, etc.) to their network before they commit to any fine tuning.
30 months ago
In NYC, AT&T doesn't even have the bandwidth to deal with basic voice.
As for MMS? Tethering?
:rolleyes:
As for MMS? Tethering?
:rolleyes:
30 months ago
I hate AT&T so much...
Agreed.
Until they officially support it, I'll be sticking with 3.0. I hate how useless AT&T is.
They can't handle the load from iphone users, yet they just agreed to subsidize Nokias netbook? We're ****ed.
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