The Wall Street Journal is reporting that after AT&T’s recent announcement that they will allow VoIP on their network, iPhone customers have now begun to ask if AT&T will ever deliver on their promise to offer internet tethering for iPhone owners.
So, what does AT&T have to say about this? The answer- more network upgrades are required before they can implement the feature.
An [sic] spokesman for the wireless carrier, however, said that tethering remains unavailable and stuck with the company’s prior statement: “Whenever we offer new features, we want to offer the best possible customer experience. For tethering, we need to do some additional fine tuning to our systems and networks so that we do deliver a great experience.”
He declined to say when it would be available, though Ralph de la Vega, who runs AT&T’s wireless unit, has previously said that iPhone tethering would be possible sometime this year.
Tethering allows iPhone customers to connect their computers to the internet via a shared mobile data connection.
Translation: AT&T can’t handle the data load they have, can’t upgrade their network fast enough, and are now stalling for time on a feature they have promised to deliver, and that many other iPhone customers in other countries have had since iPhone OS 3.0 debuted in June.
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