David W Studeman wrote:

> As AT&T is quickly learning as well just how rotten doing business with
> Apple is. I never thought I'd see the day when I considered a US cellular
> carrier the lesser of two evils in any debate.

AT&T entered the agreement voluntarily. The iPhone did give them a lot
of upside in new retail subscribers, which is where they have always
trailed Verizon. They still trail them, but the rate at which Verizon is
increasing their lead is slowing.

The whole AT&T/Verizon/iPhone debacle reminds me of the the Seinfeld
episode where Jerry finds out that he's dating a woman that Newman
turned down. After Verizon turned down Apple for the iPhone, AT&T
grabbed it without understanding why Verizon passed on it.

Apple is hardly the only company that is able to dictate favorable terms
for themselves in business dealings.