Gee, makes me want to immediately go out and jump on an AT&T contract. Nothing like shooting yourself in the foot. AT&T phone service sucks to begin with and now they are trying to blackmail their few customers?
And about every other carrier I know lets you sign up for one year contracts, like T-mobile. Makes it easier for those who like to upgrade phones for better or newer models less than every two years.
With AT&T, before the two years is up, you want to upgrade to a different phone, they charge you double to triple the price of what the phones costs to new subscribers. Upgrade to a different phone, they also force your contract to restart another 2 years.
It’s a ugly vicious cycle only a communist could love.