Swapping SIMs within AT&T -

I have two AT&T accounts, both with data plans. Sometimes I need to swap the SIM cards. The sim in the iphone will work on the other phone (RAZR), but the IPHONE will not take the SIM from the other AT&T phone. Does the iPhone get "married" to the specific sim it was activated with?
There is not error message or wrong sim sign. Just no network.
Thank you

Not entirely true. The iPhone uses the LATEST sim from AT&T. I had a Treo 650 before the iPhone and took it in to get a new SIM card (free of charge). The SIM card will work in an iPhone. However, the problem you're going to run into is the iPhone is going to request to activate the phone on that account. If it's a business account you're out of luck (without a hack).

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