No physical home address, no iPad 3G!

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: bobr () bobrosenberg phoenix az us
> Date: May 4, 2010 6:58:14 PM EDT
> To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
> Subject: No physical home address, no iPad 3G!

> Dave
>
> Has Steve Jobs really gone off the deep end this much?
>
> Sheesh!
>
> Bob
>
> P.S. I am one of those lucky souls who knows the street address of  
> my Post Office.
>
> --
>
> Bob Rosenberg
> P.O. Box 33023
> Phoenix, AZ  85067-3023
> Mobile:  602-206-2856
> LandLine:  602-274-3012
> bob () bobrosenberg phoenix az us
>
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>
> May 4, 2010 12:10 AM PDT
> No physical home address, no iPad 3G!
> by Topher Kessler
> http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20004055-263.html?tag=nl.e703
>
> Last Friday numerous eager to-be iPad owners lined up around Apple  
> Stores to await
> the release of the 3G version, but some of these people have found a  
> problem when
> trying to activate their 3G data plans on the devices. When they  
> enter their P.O.
> box addresses as a billing address for their credit cards, the  
> registration process
> refuses to continue, claiming an invalid address.
>
> MacFixIt reader "Skip" writes:
>
> "I have been bitten by the AT&T P.O. box bug. I tried to activate my  
> new 3G iPad
> Friday night and it would not accept my P.O. box billing address...I  
> have have
> received all of my mail at my P.O. box for the last 26 years because  
> of mail theft
> problems. I have an active AT&T cell phone account with five phones  
> that is billed
> to my P.O. box. Yet I cannot have a P.O. box for my iPad?"
>
> This is echoed by numerous other iPad 3G owners on the AT&T and  
> Apple message boards.
>
> Apparently, to register your iPad 3G with AT&T you need a physical  
> address, which
> puts a number of people at odds who use either P.O. boxes or  
> businesses as billing
> addresses for their credit cards.
>
> According to AT&T's Web site:
>
> Unfortunately, we cannot accept a post office box in place of your  
> street address. A
> street address is required by Federal law to provide a geographic  
> location for each
> wireless device that can be associated with the state, county, or  
> city for tax
> purposes.In order to comply with the Mobile Telecommunications  
> Sourcing Act (MTSA)
> of 2002, AT&T is required to capture and maintain a Place of Primary  
> Use (PPU)
> address for all of its customers. PPU is defined as a valid street  
> (physical)
> address within the defined licensed service area for the customer's  
> home market.
> This address is used only for taxation purposes, not to determine if  
> a customer can
> have an out of market secondary/additional line. In addition, we use  
> your street
> address to reduce the risk of identity theft and fraud against you.  
> Our Credit and
> Activations policy is to run credit only on a physical address.  
> Customers can
> provide a post office box for their mailing address, but not for  
> billing or place of
> primary use. A post office box may be entered after the activation  
> process has been
> approved. The billing ZIP code you provide us needs to match the zip  
> code on your
> credit card. Our Credit and Activations policy matches the billing  
> ZIP with the ZIP
> on your credit card as a way to reduce the risk of identity theft  
> and fraud.
>
> Despite this requirement, there are some workarounds that people  
> have used. The
> first is to change your card's address just for the registration,  
> and then revert
> the address back again. This may take time for the credit card  
> information to be
> updated in your account. The second workaround is to enter your home  
> address, but
> use your P.O. box ZIP code in the ZIP code field. The ZIP code must  
> match your
> credit card ZIP code.
>
>
> Questions? Comments? Post them below or e-mail us!
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> Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a  
> contributing author to
> MacFixIt since the spring of 2008. One of his passions is  
> troubleshooting Mac
> problems and making the best use of Macs and Apple hardware at home  
> and in the
> workplace.



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