AT&T & Apple In Talks to Extend iPhone Deal

It is no secret that AT&T has the iPhone locked up through the year 2010. Today the Wall Street Journal is reporting that AT&T is in talks to add yet another year to the current deal. Of course neither side is commenting about the matter at this point, and when contacted, an Apple representative said:
"We have a great relationship with AT&T."
While we here at TiPb are well aware of how many of you truly despise AT&T, is this where we give them another chance? It has been rumored they are still beefing up their network for the next iPhone launch.
Personally for me here in the Chicago area, I've never had such great service. No other cellular service performs as well for me and I've tried tried them all. Yes, I said it, go easy on me.
So what do you say? Is another year of AT&T iPhone lock-in a good or bad thing?
[Via WSJ Thanks also to Tyler for the tip!]
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