[OFB Cafe] My first post (here)

[Timothy Butler]

On Jul 9, 2008, at 7:03 AM, Peter Hollings wrote:

> "They need your SSN because AT&T requires an SSN for new service
> activation (for a credit check, I'm fairly certain)."  Naw! The SSN is
> the key in the gubbermint's database, so they need it to link up your
> calls with all the other info.  Don't believe me? See if you can  
> open an
> account without a SSN. Offer to make a big deposit, etc.


	They'll do it without an SSN for a Go Phone prepaid account. However,  
the iPhone 3G is not available in the prepaid variety. It was well  
documented that you could activate a iPhone 2.5G as a Go Phone by  
simply entering 999-99-9999 as your SSN. The credit check would fail  
and it would offer the Go Phone option.

	-Tim

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