[Buckeye McFrog]

Finally, we would encourage mobile providers to consider what steps they as businesses can take

translation: Get this issue off our plate or we'll make your lives an abject living Hell

[CWCoop]

I disagree with cell phone unblocking in one respect.

If you've paid a low price for a phone it is because the price is being subsidized by the cell phone company because they tie your purchase of the phone at a cheap rate to the service. I see nothing at all wrong with this.

If you want to pay FULL PRICE for a phone, sure, you should be able to use it on any service. But if you get your phone free or at a severe discount because it is tied to the service, you should be required to KEEP that service for the length of the contract.

[Gator113]

I am trying to figure out what any of this has to do with Obama’s constitutional obligations.??

[AnAmericanAbroad]

If you’re ever in Berlin, go to Sonnenallee. Find any Turkish or Arab electronics store (trust me - you can’t walk 20 feet without seeing one) and ask them to unlock your phone.

Ten minutes and ten euro later, you’re good to go.

I’ve never bought a locked phone in Continental Europe: I think it’s actually illegal per EU consumer law.