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[David Minton <dminton AT mindspring.com>]

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