SMS wrote:
> I wonder how long until the carriers close this loophole. The prepaid
> phones are generally sold below cost, with the idea that the airtime
> costs will make up for it.

Loophole? If you buy the prepaid and use up whatever prepaid minutes
come with it, Cingular doesn't make a penny more than if you use it as
a cheap replacement for your (broken) subsidized phone.

Cingular should leave things as they are, because one of the great
attractions of GSM is the ability to swap out phones on a whim, and to
get phones your carrier might never offer.

tg.