AT&T Not Reading for iPhone MMS w/3.0.....***???

Alright, i'm new to these forums. Ever since they announced the 3.0 updates, i've been anticipating the MMS feature. Finally I would be able to send people pics without having to awkwardly ask and take down their email address.
Then, OFCOURSE, days before the release of 3.0... AT&T states they are not ready for MMS with the iPhone and supply no reason at all for it. That is complete "insert bad words* (all of them.)
I"m sorry but there is no excuse for this what so ever. To be the ONLY U.S. supplier and operator of the most popular phone in US and NOT be ready for the biggest update the phone has had is just ridiculous in every sense of the word.

I think most here already know about it. I've heard various reasons/excuses for the delay. Everything from AT&T wants to squeeze MMS into the SMS band and thats not working out so good, to AT&T placed opt-out codes (allow_mms=false) on everyones account and that it will take a while to "undo" that, to its a setting in the phone itself which is why we all will have to get a software update to enable it.
Not sure which it is if any of those. You can MMS on AT&T via a throwaway phone but not the iPhone. Doesnt make sense...

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