So it doesn't look like ATT is planning on budging on this. Now, the question for me is Atrix or Inspire. I really don't think I can walk away from the Atrix since I've been following it since it was the Olympus.
I'd wait for MWC announcements. See if anything better than the Inspire will be coming to AT&T, which it most certainly will. I expect at least for the HTC Pryamid which is floating around as going to TMobile to eventually head to AT&T. This will be like the Thunderbolt, but with dual core, hdmi ect.