Look what I found:
fter much hassle, I got it working. Much thanks to
(Name Removed) and (Name Removed) at Apple
For their help and suggestions.
History:
I received my iPad 3G on Friday, 4/30/2010.
Worked great, love it!! Then I tried to activate
The AT&T 3G account. Wouldn’t accept my credit
Card apparently because of the mailing address.
I live in a small town with no mail delivery. So
Apparently my street address is not in the USPS database.
(Name Removed) of Apple suggested as a work-around
Getting a pre-paid Visa card and using that to
Activate the AT&T account. Since it’s pre-paid,
AT&T doesn’t care about the address matching. Then
In the AT&T activation process I can enter any valid
Street address that’s in an AT&T coverage area.
I did this, using my son’s address, and it worked!!
It was a little funny though. At first it rejected my
Visa, but could have been because I just bought it an
Hour before. Maybe it wasn’t fully activated yet.
A few hours later I tried again and low and behold,
The iPad (AT&T) asked for my password. I entered the
One I was attempting to create a couple of days ago,
And it took it!! From there I just selected my data
Plan and off it went, activating my account.
Next, using the iPad, I accessed my AT&T account and
Changed my billing info (credit card and address) to
The one I’d been trying to use all along. It took it!!
All is well.
What a goofy system. Hopefully Apple and AT&T will be
Looking at this. What a way to greet a new customer!
Dan
Hokah, MN