Anyone here going month-to-month on ATT?

I'm considering giving a friend my old 3GS. However, Googling shows that AT&T generally likes to get people onto contracts even when people bring in owned iPhones.

Given that, I do see old posts out there which indicate that some people have had success in getting onto month-to-month plans. Has anyone here been successful in doing this?

TIA...

forcetactic said:

Att should only force you on contract when you purchase a subsidized phone. If you bring your own in, it should be month by month I think

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Oh I agree - it *should*.

But many posts I've seen indicate that AT&T - honestly or not - will somehow get people onto a contract.

Good, thanks.

But there are still lots of data points which indicate that people are being forced into contracts.... interesting.

Thanks for the input...

I won't actually be the one talking to AT&T, it will be the person I'm considering giving the phone to. I'll stress to him to insist on a no contract plan and to get that in writing. I've noticed on some other (non-MacRumors) posts that the affiliate stores seem to be the worst offenders in this regard so I'll tell him to go to a corporate store if this goes through.

Of course, if Verizon announces the iPhone will be on their network then I'll tell him to get one of those instead - he needs minimal dropped calls as this phone will be both personal and business use. If there's no announcement within a week of CES ending we'll try AT&T and see how he does with dropped calls where he is.