All utilities have been arranged for transfer or setup at the new apartment. Disturbed to find that the basics, like electricity and gas, now want a credit check before they’ll set up service (supposedly they’ll insist on a deposit if you have bad credit or don’t submit to the check)… but AT&T is perfectly happy to set up phone, internet, and TV service, for considerably more than the monthly electric bill, without insisting on anything up front.
Now that I think about it, gas & electricity might be required to give you some leeway once you have service, on the grounds that if it’s 20 degrees and you lose your heating, or 110 and you lose your air conditioner, it might actually be a life-threatening emergency.
Whereas if you don’t pay AT&T, and they shut off your internet access, it only seems life-threatening!