iPhone without being locked in for 2 years w/ AT&T...
Posted By: J242(131.107.0.75) Date: Thursday, 5 July 2007, at 8:13 a.m.
It's official. You don't have to lock yourself into a 2 year contract w/ AT&T to get an iPhone up & running. Just have bad credit or less than good credit and they'll offer you the option for pay as you go (my preffered method of usage anyways!)... Sweet!
"AT&T, the exclusive U.S. service provider for iPhone until 2009, had said in the months leading up to the phone's launch that customers would be required to sign up to a two-year contract in order to buy the device, which costs up to $600.
The companies did not widely publicize that customers who do not pass its credit test have the option to pay for their service on a month-by-month basis, escaping what some consider a restrictive two-year plan.
"We want to give people an alternative if they don't meet the criteria," AT&T spokesman Mark Siegel said."