I think in the UK it is illegal for telco's to lock a mobile and not give you the ability to unlock it.
Too bad though if you travel overseas within your contract period and want to put in a local sim.
Sure, but why one's phone has to be locked to carrier A? That's the point about ANTI-COMPETITIVE. The phone shouldn't matter. Do you want to buy a computer that is locked to a single ISP?
Cue supreme court ruling striking down this law for anti-consumer rights.
If RIM is smart they're going to release their new Blackberry 10 unlocked right from the start. This stupid law in connection with Apple's stupid arrogant approach of trying to tell their customers what to do and not to do all the time makes me even less want to buy an iPhone than before. And I am in the market for a new phone...
A criminal offence to unlock your phone? Ha ha ha!
'merica.
Ah, the joys of DMCA.... We are all guilty, until proven innocent.
There is nothing "anti-competitive" about this.
Consumers are still free to vote with their wallets.
Consumers are still free to enter into contracts (as they see fit) with the various carriers within the U.S.
Just because one buys a phone outright, that does not give one the misguided "perceived" right to use said phone on Carrier A any way he or she wants to, barring specific stipulations provided for in the contract.
You will not find any unlocking service sold on ebay since last week. By legit, you mean it worked and not that it's legal after the law comes into effect.
Just what the competitive telco landscape needs in the USA
I think in the UK it is illegal for telco's to lock a mobile and not give you the ability to unlock it.
How ironic that some Americans might one-day flood to other countries to find real freedom again, even if it might not have the same economic benefits.
Of course! I should not be allowed to unlock the ****ing phone I paid $650 for
Acually it does. Voice is just data using the same lines in the same way data is used on the network. What the data contains and how it is used is entirely private. You cannot use data in a way the network cannot carry it.
This is why messenger apps are allowed on phones that can text message. This is also why you can skype vs Facetime. This is also why you can tether vs pay two data plans.
Purchasing media in ANY form gives you the right to use said media in ANY way (play it, watch it, store it, back it up, copy it, burn it, destroy it, and even sell it).
It is only illegal to do the above with COPIES of the original media.
As long as you do not clone the hardware, it is entirely within your rights to modify it, unlock it, and even sell it.
Buy unlocked, then. That's why they sell them.
Show me the section of your service or contract agreement, that gives you (the consumer) the contractual right as it's customer, to use their service in any manner you want to.
True in the sense of "Rights" but not in the sense of freedom.No "right" was lost.