Anne, Its too bad that this is the only way that you can get their service, that they have to run these type of credit checks, like you were buying a house or something. While were on this topic, I was wondering how the members of this list who have bought the iPhone, like their performance. I am not trying to start a poll, just how do they mesure up against your previous phones, in terms of signal strength, the speed of the browser when not in a WiFi area, ect. Have they been worth the price, and the service upgrade to get the unlimited data, ect. I am thinking of switching from my motorola one, and have been with now AT&T, all the way back to the bellsouthmobility days when the phone was the size of a shoe box, so the SS# thankfully is not a issue with me. On that SS# issue, if you give it to a AT&T rep on the phone, I feel you would be safe. But I have read of ID theft when they have been put on a service app directly to a person at a cell phone shop, and that person then copies it, I have had to fax mine to rental agencies in NYC, to cosign for my son, on his apartment lease apps twice, and so far so good, but it makes me cringe, I've been lucky so far.
Thanks Mike On Oct 27, 2007, at 10:37 AM, Anne Cartwright wrote: > Marta was having so much fun with her iPhone I decided to buy one. > > However I guess I will be taking it back to the store because in order > to activate it you have to give AT & T your social security number > and I > am very reluctant to do so. Especially when I don't really see any > reason for them to have it. I called AT & T and the first operator > said > there was no other way, but then she said that there was a prepay > plan, > would I be willing to use that. That is exactly what I wanted. In > fact I > would be willing to prepay the whole two years. So she connected me > with > the operator who handles prepay. Guess what? You have to give them > your > social security number and fail the credit check before you can > prepay! > > So I guess no iPhone for me. > > Anne Cartwright > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be October 23 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >
