It's me, Pete... from the podcast.

From GadgetLab: How AT&T Stumbled Through the iPhone 3GS Launch

Personally, I haven’t had trouble with AT&T’s handling of the 3GS launch. Days prior to the device hitting the market, the company announced that I would be eligible for the fully subsidized rate for the iPhone, saving me $200 to break my old contract as my plan had outlined when I agreed to it less than a year ago. I bought the phone, it was activated in seconds — not minutes, and hardly hours — and I was calling on it as I left the Apple store on Saturday, launch weekend.