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AT&T did something similar in my area (San Angelo, TX) about 2 years ago. They were getting ready to move into the area, and even though they didn't have a physical store yet, they were allowing customers to sign up for service on their website. This was when roaming was becoming a big deal, yet you couldn't have more than half of your usage on roaming. Well, as it turns out, it took until just a few months ago for AT&T to finally arrive in town. In the meantime, over the last several years, they sent letters to customers telling them they had a month to find a new carrier. So many customers who were already fed up with Sprint and Alltell (no Verizon Wireless here) were now told that even though AT&T's page said it was home coverage, that indeed it was not. Always seemed pretty crappy to me, especially for the customer base that used PPC/Smartphone devices, as it became more costly to them to move carriers.