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From what I have read about the iPhone hardware, it seems like the only other carrier capapble of being able to use the iPhone is Verizon. Based upon what has also been reported, Apple insisted on som every strict conditions, which may be hurting who ever carries their phone, which AT&T seemed the only one who would bow down to them. I'm sure that Verizon, the carrier everyone is drooling over and hoping that the iPhone will switch to is watching the situation and will make another business decison if it is given to them. However, if it affects the other customers' experiences that they already have, such as hurting network performance, they may decline. or if it cuts in ot their profits as well. The things that Apple may need to watch out for as well is if they were to switch carriers is that they may have to support multiple verrsions of their hardware - which they are reluctant to do with their Macs, and if a lot of people get on the other carrier's network and they get lots of dropped calls, poor data transmission, like what happened when it first came out - people may step back and say, hey, wait a minute, maybe the problem was not with AT&T but with the iPhone itself. That's a big gamble that Apple would have to take
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