AT&T are scum and this sort of stuff is standard practice with them. "Them" is almost all wireless companies, what Verizon does, AT&T follows soon and vice-ver

AT&T are scum and this sort of stuff is standard practice with them. "Them" is almost all wireless companies, what Verizon does, AT&T follows soon and vice-versa so consumers cannot penalize them. Startup costs are in the tens of billions and you have to fight incumbents so they essentially have a monopoly (or duopoly, or...)