I should trust myself more. The solution turned out to be exactly what I thought it was; choosing “replace existing phone with this iPhone.” The words are from memory and I hope to never see those activation screens again. It was either that or laying myself prostrate at the feet of Fake Steve Jobs.

After 67 hours, all eight of the iPhones I know of are finally working.

AT&T wasn’t ready. Getting all our phones activated took an absurd amount of time and effort. Giving AT&T some credit, the people they have answering the phones are very good, even if they weren’t given all the tools they needed to really help. Also, considering the overwhelming number of problems, AT&T pulled off a miracle getting so many resolved by Monday. (Small percentage of users my butt)

The iPhone itself is astonishing. This is truly a transformative device.