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AT&T MMS Network Outage Already?

By , Saturday, Sep 26, 2009
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Boy Genius is reporting that AT&T MMS seems to be down for some users in some states, and what’s more:

a quick call to AT&T’s customer care line revealed that there is a known latency issue with MMS in all states with no estimated time of repair.

So how about it? Are you experiencing any delays in sending or receiving MMS? Any outages? Either way, let us know where you are, and how long you’ve been having the problem.

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  1. No issues here however I can’t say that I’m surprised… I’ll stick to e-mail for now :)

  2. Paul says:

    Good in Tampa, Fl

  3. JSuch says:

    no probs in NW PA…..

  4. Jorge says:

    No problems sending, but I haven’t been able to receive any from any other carrier. iPhone to iPhone is good, but can’t receive any from my brother’s bberry

  5. Dude says:

    We all overloaded the network…… Haahaa :)

  6. fastlane says:

    AGAIN…

    “Are you experiencing any delays in sending or receiving MMS? Any outages?… let us know where you are, and how long you’ve been having the problem.”

    He’s NOT asking to let us know IT IS working withOUT problems.

  7. Greg says:

    No problems in South Florida…works fine here

  8. JSuch says:

    @fastlane….shut your hole!!!

  9. @fastlane….shut your hole!!!

  10. Sillyrabbit says:

    I updated to the new carrier file this morning and I have not yet been able to successfully send or receive MMS…I am in South Jersey.

  11. Paul says:

    I take that back. I sent one 15 minutes ago to another iPhone and they haven’t gotten it yet.

    Not good in Tampa, Fl

  12. mike says:

    Indianapolis IN works great!!!

  13. JSuch says:

    carefull mike….you may anger Fastlane!!!!!

  14. Paul says:

    Oh and @fastlane – Shut your hole!

  15. @JSuch – oh well, life goes on.

  16. JSuch says:

    yep…its all good….i just didnt realize fastlane was running this thread?? My bad

  17. Mike says:

    Central new York network is real slow. Mms is going threw…

  18. Awesome Iphone says:

    It’s all good in Phoenix,AZ!!!

  19. Myreon says:

    it is not working in Atlanta, GA

  20. HungWell says:

    How ironic. I’m in southern New Hampshire. I got a text message this afternoon from AT&T that MMS is now available for iPhone users (it’s actually been activated for about 4 days for me already).

    My son who has Verizon sent me an MMS. I didn’t get it (at least not yet- who knows what the delay is). I sent him one and he got it immediately.

  21. Ryan says:

    Living on Long Island and just returned from milford connecticut today. MMS has been working great all the way from Connecticut to Long Island.

  22. Andrew says:

    No problems here. Been using it all day, sending and receiving both on and off network, without a hitch. Heck, I’m probably the reason for the latency!

  23. RADEN says:

    I was sending some to my family last night while in Miami and it was working fine. There is a slight delay, though, which is to be expected compared to SMS. I sent a 34 second video which took significantly longer (a few minutes at the most).

  24. juicerr says:

    No problems in southern california . :)

  25. Cheese says:

    Still have yet to be able to send or recieve here, north of Philly.

  26. Cristian says:

    Oklahoma – I can send and receive from non-iPhone friends but cannot send nor receive from iPhone friends.

  27. brian says:

    AT&T is proving again that it is shit.

  28. Tony says:

    It’s taking anywhere from 1-5 minutes to send an mms in Michigan. Sometimes it fails to send at all.

  29. Stldirty says:

    If u still can’t send or receive call AT&T. They had to fix something on my account.

  30. fastlane says:

    @JSuch:

    carefull mike….you may anger Fastlane!!!!!

    Sorry, I don’t fight with children.

  31. bobbyp says:

    @fastlane

    If you were more mature, you wouldnt have commented back. Ohio mms and services have just been sluggish

  32. sting7k says:

    A friend in Philly (I’m in Maryland) just updated his iPhone and sent me a test MMS no problem. I sent one back no problem. This was no more than 30 minutes ago. Network seems fine to me.

  33. tyler says:

    im using a 3g with a 1st gen data plan does anyone know if this is a problem i heard mms is not available for the 1st gen iphone but does that mean the hardware only is incompatible

  34. Da3lynx says:

    No problems here… I’m in NYC, just got the update this morning.

  35. Jeremy says:

    Nothing yet, get the red exclamation when sending, received 2 with the old “click here and use log-in and password” to see your MMS. Then I received one that just had the file name. All of these from iPhones. When i tried to send one from my wife’s LG, it took forever to send and I never saw it. Wichita, KS

  36. fastlane says:

    @bobbyp:

    See comment #30 again. :roll:

  37. Jamin says:

    I got the same message repeated 3 times last night.

  38. saralegal40 says:

    I have sent to Verizon and received from Verizon customers, no problems at all in Bowie, Maryland.

  39. bsmith says:

    iPhone to iPhone seems okay (takes up to 10 or 15min+ sometimes) though my g/f hasn’t received a pic from me yet (she’s using a Razr). Another friend who’s on AT&T with a basic Nokia flip never received anything either.

    My sister has an iPhone as well and she never received one of my MMS messages last night.

    Overall, I would say it’s terrible right now… I’ll give it time. I’m located about an hour north of Philly.

  40. Matt says:

    New Orleans, LA and I still haven’t sent a single MMS (updated around 45 minutes after it was released). Help :-(

  41. Troy Kistler says:

    Working in Philadelphia area.

  42. Phantom says:

    @fastlane….shut your hole wang chung!!!

  43. Davefry says:

    Works great in Cleveland, Ohio

  44. diordon22 says:

    SPRING VALLEY NY NO PROBLEM WITH SENDING OR RECEIVING MMS ATT ROCKS!!!!!!

  45. swag101 says:

    Sometimes when I send try and send a regular text it fails to go through so I shut down my phone and restarted it again and it worked happend to me 3 times already.

  46. SpiceRak2 says:

    Northeastern PA. is looking good now.

    Tested to Verizon, AT&T non-iPhones and Sprint. Sent video, text and video, voice memos and pictures. All sent and received without significant delay. (under 5 minutes.)

    I do have an issue with receiving GIFs…the sound comes as a separate attachment. Is this normal?

  47. Jersagfast says:

    in central Florida and can send to anyone fine, but have yet to receive from another carrier..

  48. Anthony says:

    Att’s mms has always sucked, before my iPhone i had a blackberry that had mysterious “delays” sending MMS no surprise now my iphone is the same. i got a pic which took about 30 mins to receive from another provider .

  49. Marcus says:

    Both my girlfriend and I have 3GS’s and is has yet to work in Iowa. We were able to update the carrier file just fine but not a single message has gone through yet.

  50. dagwolf says:

    3G jailbroken 3.0.1, 5.0 carrier file, DFW area.

    Now sending and receiving almost instantly from all carriers tried.

  51. Fred says:

    Should Iphone/Att/Apple compress files before sending mms? Takes 5 minutes or so to send (if not failing] a picture. Some have been received, others lost? Sucks, if not better in a few days, its email for me. Sad excuse for MMS.

  52. Ryan says:

    A little bit of a delay in Kansas City but it is working

  53. Brandi says:

    North Carolina Slow Slow Slow, takes forever to send a picture. Is this because i’m on edge, not 3g. Pics taking 30 mins and up to 2 hours. GO ATT !!!!

  54. diordon22 says:

    sent pics to verizon, tmobile,att, boost,sprint ,with no problems, only got one pic sense yesterday(boost mobile)

  55. Patrick says:

    slow in Kansas City. We duct tape our towers together here in the midwest. :) – Patrick http://zooboingreview.blogspot.com/

  56. diordon22 says:

    area spring valley ny

  57. Mav says:

    Do you have anything else to do than clogging the pipes with MMS messages? LOL

  58. Gabriel says:

    Mother recieved pix on Verizon but when I tried to send an email to mutiple numbers, they didn’t get it… ATT SUCKS… @fastlane ….shut your hole!

  59. R8der4life says:

    Has never worked yet. Oregon

  60. Keith says:

    Red exclamation here in Atlanta.

  61. cajun country says:

    @ Matt

    Everything working fine in Lafayette, LA. Sent one about two hours ago to another iphone. both worked fine.

  62. Fred says:

    If it does work R8der4life, it may not be worth using unless your in a 3g area. Edge here and the load time for a picture is aging. LOL Good luck

  63. T says:

    Mine has never worked…I have a 3gs and whenever I go to send, the bar never goes the whole way over. I just updated my friends (3g) and it works fine.

  64. JSuch says:

    @JSuch:

    carefull mike….you may anger Fastlane!!!!! Sorry, I don’t fight with children.

    Ummmm yeah….sounds like it….Moron

  65. JSuch says:

    Fastlane…..do everyone a favor and stop posting

  66. HaroldA says:

    NO GO in Northern NJ, can’t even send out a simple text let alone MMS

  67. T says:

    Never mind, it seems to be working now.

  68. Mike says:

    Near Myrtle Beach, SC (but on edge) I can send them… But the recipients haven’t gotten them. Also.. I have yet to receive one from someone else.

  69. Tre says:

    Working good in delaware

  70. fjrabon says:

    no problems sending and receiving for me in atlanta. Girlfriend received a picture and text combo message and she has an old flip on the verizon network.

  71. Bryan says:

    Extemely slow and have to try several times in western KY. On edge network, little over a week now, no Improvement

  72. Carl says:

    @JSuch Don’t feed the troll. :)

  73. CHiRS says:

    Portland, OR here. No issues with MMS….sending/receiving just fine.

  74. Phrint says:

    In Columbus Ohio. Hasn’t worked for me at all yet. AT&T said the network could be down for up to 72 hours. This was yesterday evening. Way to go AT&T! You never let me down!

  75. jonar1us says:

    TEAM #Fastlane @fastlane I’ve been sendN MMS since Thurs night ,and I’m on OS 3.0 wit 4.0 carrier file oh yeah JAILBREAK RULES!!!!

  76. jonar1us says:

    oh yeah Im in Mont, AL

  77. Chris says:

    Works fine in Shreveport La. I can send and receive to anyone on any network instantly.

  78. MrBluAllday says:

    Nothing happening in northern Mass..can’t or recieve…AT&T needs to step up!!!! C’Mon Son!!!

  79. alex says:

    Seems to be working fine in clearwater, fl

  80. Kingsley says:

    On Long Island. Have been able to send without a problem. What was interesting is that I have only been able to receive MMS from Verizon users who have a Curve. My sister has the Tour and has been trying to send me pics since yesterday without any luck. Waiting on a MMS message from my sister in law who has an Omnia.

  81. Syncopations says:

    Running smooth in South Texas. No problems at all.

  82. Diordon22 says:

    Everything Is ok here, spring valley NY

  83. AZBear3G says:

    In far NW Phoenix.My 3G on 3.0 can send but to iPhone and T-Mobile but I cannot receive from either. My wifes 3GS on 3.0 cannot send. it goes to 90% and just hangs and bnever times out

  84. Mike Kerti says:

    Works perfect in Miami, FL.

  85. LzarEus says:

    All good here in SD,CA

  86. Eric says:

    Doesn’t work at all here in DC. Not Friday or today. I called AT&T today and they said they had a national outage for MMS. They said it will be fixed tomorrow.

  87. Ray says:

    Cleveland, OH iphone3gs 3.1 sending to 90% then times out with error 9 out of 10 times

  88. Scott says:

    Only delay was AT&T notifying me via text about 20 mins ago that MMS was now available for iPhone. Umm… Can you say “a day late” AT&T???

  89. Wgafamms says:

    I can’t believe it works at all

  90. ManOnTheMoon says:

    @fastlane Shut your piehole! Sending and receiving mms fine Mission,Tx! Network speeds fine!

  91. ChrisG says:

    I keep on having to restart my iPhone to get back any service. I get some for some time and then the whole AT&T network won’t work. Here in NE PA.

  92. avt says:

    Works fine for me in NY. Same as it has been for a few weeks.

  93. Jason says:

    3G unlocked with ultrasnow – Jailbroken with 3.1 firmware, just updated carrier profile to 5.5. Can’t send or receive MMS. Any ideas?

  94. Quaidvc says:

    Can’t send or recive in OC, CA frustrated already

  95. Quaidvc says:

    Won’t work at all

  96. Joe says:

    Fine in Va. Beach.

  97. Jo2reco says:

    Atl ga 3.1 3gs no problems been sending messages all day

  98. Nelton says:

    Not working in Albany, GA… It was yesterday…

  99. Veronica says:

    I have a jb iphone, did the early release of carrier 5.0 and everything works fine, does anyone know if i should get the carrier update 5.5? Is there any difference?

  100. Rcp says:

    Works fine in New Mexico.

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