SC>The phone is indeed free, whether you take the phone or not, you need to 
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  >a one year contract. Whether you take the phone or not, the rates are the
  >same.
  >Bottom line, sign up on one of the 20 bucks a month plan, if you have your 
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  >phone you pay $240 for the year, + taxes and use, if you take the "free" 
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  >you pay $240 for the year + taxes and use.
  >In both cases you go thru the same credit check and when you go thru it 
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  >have no clue as to what you're doing for a phone.
  >Therefore, I beleive that saying the phone is free with activation is fair 
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  >accurate.
  >If you could sign up without a contract because you already had equipment 
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  >I would have to agree with you but in this market, that isn't the case.
I can walk into Bell Atlantic today and get month to month service, so
I guess you agree with me.
Charles
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