Discuss/Debate.
So after my contract is over I have to stay with the same company, get a new contract with new company, or not have service?
Sounds to me like the cellular cartels are just trying to force people into soft contracts.
Answer: No. In fact, if something is not mandatory, it is now expressly forbidden.
Does anyone make a ‘unlocked’ phone that will work anywhere?.........
A GSM phone, which uses a SIM card, should absolutely be “unlocked”. The whole US industry that claims to give you a “free phone” in return for a two-year contract is ridiculous. The rest of the world just buys the handset then puts in the SIM of the company of their choice. If that company doesn’t serve you well, you get another company’s SIM. Verizon and Sprint are CDMA and don’t use SIM cards, so there is less flexibility.
I thought the supreme court settled this matter.
Why are they bother to make laws that are both unenforceable and against the will of the people? Damn petty tyrants, the lot of them.
The DMCA, if not the worst piece of legislation ever passed by Congress, probably ranks in the bottom 5. (Obamacare certainly also makes a run at the top spot.)
That said, carriers will unlock out-of-contract phones, and some will even unlock them while under contract, as long as you keep paying the subsidized bill.
Who are they to say i can’t do this? I bought the cell phone and i own it. If i play with the software, thats my right. Screw them.
Get a nexus 4, they can be purchased from the the google play store unlocked.
“There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.” -Ayn Rand
People will simply get around this system.
Starting January 26th?
I was under the impression that, under Obama, EVERYTHING is already illegal except entering a voting booth and casting a vote for Obama.