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  • From: David Minton <dminton AT mindspring.com>
  • To: InterNetWorkers <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>, Michael Czeiszperger <michael AT czeiszperger.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Anyone else have trouble getting their iPhone's AT&T Account?
  • Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:38:57 -0400

On 3/13/08 8:56 PM, "Michael Czeiszperger" <michael AT czeiszperger.org> wrote:

> I tried to buy an iPhone for my wife on her birthday, last Friday, but the
> thing still won't work! The process is just screwy-- I plugged the phone
> into the computer and connected to iTunes, filled out the online form, and
> got
> a message back saying the request was being processed by AT&T. I even got
> an
> email from AT&T saying something vague like they're working on the
> activation,
> but there's:
>
> 1. No indication of how long it takes.
> 2. No information about how to get help should something go wrong.
>
> Finally after days of waiting I called Apple, who said it was an AT&T
> problem,
> but they connected me to AT&T after a 30 minute wait. The AT&T person had
> no
> idea what had happened, but said my phone was locked out of the system, and
> I'll have to take it back and get a new SIM card! What the hell!
>
> &@(#&@& AT&T!

Sorry to hear that. I bought mine in December, and it had no problems
activating, and transferring the number from my old Cingular phone.

David






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