Now illegal to unlock your cellphone (U.S.)

[Andre Garzia]

Peter,

Here in Brazil, carrier still give you discounted rates on phones if you
apply for a long term plan. They may still give you a locked phone but they
must unlock it if you ask. So in effect, all phones are a step away from
being unlocked. Still, you're locked to the carrier because of long term
contracts (1 year or 1.5 years).

Today I played with a alpha Firefox OS phone, it was very crap hardware and
yet, it performed very well.

:-D


On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 8:50 PM, Peter Haworth <pete at lcsql.com> wrote:

> Actually, I'm surprised it's not already illegal, at least in terms of
> breaking your contract with the provider..  As mentioned in the article, in
> return for using a carrier's network exclusively, you get the phone either
> for free or at a highly discounted rate.
>
> If you want the freedom of using any carrier with your favorite phone, buy
> an unlocked phone.  I'm not saying I agree with the way the cell phone
> business works in the USA, but you do have a choice.
>
> Pete
> lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 12:58 PM, Mark Wieder <mwieder at ahsoftware.net
> >wrote:
>
> > Wow...
> >
> >
> >
> http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/now-illegal-unlock-cellphone/story?id=18319518
> >
> > --
> > -Mark Wieder
> >  mwieder at ahsoftware.net
> >
> >
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