Sorry that you have not noticed, but mobile phone companies have been doing this kind of stuff for a LONG time. It has been common practice for mobile phone companies to offer deals to customers who are not THEIR customer in order to entice them to switch to their mobile phone service...but NOT offer that same deal to their existing customers. Sprint did that for a LONG time. As a long time loyal customer, I could get a $150 discount on a new phone such as a Treo (if I signed a 2 year contract and if I had my current phone for some period of time) but a new customer (i.e. someone NOT with Sprint) would get even more of a discount. This always boggled my mind as it was essentially saying to me..."we don't care about you as a loyal customer...so feel free to go to one of our competitors while WILL offer you a bigger discount since you will be NEW customer to them". When I last upgrade, it appeared that Sprint had finally seen the light and I was able to get the same discount on my new Treo as a new customer would. But, it does not suprise me if some companies are STILL doing that stupid stuff.

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[soapbox] Backup = good...No backup = bad!! [/soap box]