AT&T will leave Alaskans eager for an iPhone out in the cold. The telecom provides services to the 48 contiguous states and Hawaii, but not Alaska. The free-minded state isn’t taking the slight lightly. The Anchorage Daily News has issued a call to committed adventurers: Go South, Young iPhone Seekers!
Buy a plane ticket to the nearest AT&T or Apple Store (at least $350 to Seattle) and misrepresent oneself as a Washington resident. Get ready to pay sales tax for the phone plus a yet-unknown amount for the service plan. Or find a friend in the Lower 48 to do the misrepresenting, in which case shipping runs $1.48 to $16.25.
How to keep AT&T’s nosy location-tracking network from disconnecting you after illicitly acquiring your precious, precious iPhone, after the jump…
