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In article <mzj74jum.fsf@mailinator.com>,
Bob Fry  <bobfry@mailinator.com> wrote:
>>>>>> "tom" == tom glaab <tomglaab@gmail.com> writes:
>
>    tom> Bob Fry wrote:
>    >> No--they Cingular store guy spent a lot of time on the phone
>    >> with tech support, and they concluded the new SIM card damaged
>    >> the phone so it was demanding an unlock password that it would
>    >> never accept.
>
>    tom> Interesting... I wonder if you were in an older market with
>    tom> an original SIM and phone that were not on the USA-410
>    tom> network. 
>
>My original SIM card was Pacific Bell, about 6 years old, and that's
>probably why they sent the new card.  But they clearly never bothered
>to check what phone I had now, and if it would work with the new card.
>
>Other screwups in the SIM card trade:
>
>- they gave instructions in their letter on how to replace the SIM
>card and activate the new one by calling a number, but never warned
>about copying all your SIM-stored phone numbers to the phone so as not
>to lose them.

Heh. When T-Mobile did this, they shipped a GemStar SIM card backup device  
so that the subscriber could transfer their phone directory.