"Ric" <no@way.com> wrote in message news:hcKqh.2$W63.1@newsfe08.lga...
>> Aside from the iPhone, I'd dump them in a second when my contract
>> expires in May. The only way we can fight back is to take our business
>> elsewhere.
>>
>> I may move my wife to another carrier if I decide to go iPhone.
>> In any event I won't be signing any contracts until the iPhone is well
>> in place and they begin discounting it.
>
> I'm starting to think it's worth it to pay the extra money to buy a new
> phone outright rather than being locked into a contract just for the
> discount on a device. Cingular has screwed me over so many times, I just
> don't want to be forced into a commitment if I decide to bolt when they
> pull some new scam.


Is that true, if you bring your own phone you don't have to sign a contract?