Bill Marriott wrote:
> If your point is that cell phone contracts in general should be abolished,
> I'm all for that. But we have contracts. And people have plenty of options
> for pay-as-you-go or prepaid. The contracts exist because the outlay is on
> the carrier's side, subsidizing free RAZRs and (in my personal case) $600
> Treos for an end-user cost of $75.
>

Just think of the interesting precedent that was just set with the
iphone. If you want it you need to buy it outright. If you want to use
it you must sign a two year contract with ATT.