On Oct 27, 2007, at 2:03 PM, Anne Cartwright <cartwrig at aye.net> 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, I have heard that you can register your phone in iTunes but enter a false SSN, like 000-00-0000, to force it to fail and send you to the prepay option. You might try that. j. -- Jonathan Fletcher jfletch at newmediaconstco.com Project Foreman NewMedia Construction Co.
