No, actually, you're right, PregNut, and your figures are just about in the ballpark. The carriers can do absolutely nothing to prevent one from getting the phone, signing up for the two-year contract, waiting a month, then bailing out while paying the break fee. The fact that they charge so much to get out of a contract, esp. when the service is as crappy as AT&T's, is particularly irksome. It's practically daylight robbery. And Palomine has a point, too. We're all crazy; why would anyone with their right mind be willing to pay two thousand dollars over the course of two years just for a mobile phone (and its service contract)? It's madness. Get DSL Internet access, and Netflix if you want to watch quality TV, and that should be good enough. It doesn't make sense to pay for mobile and cable as well. We must all be smoking something LOL