[ale] OT, Cell phone unlocked.

[John Mills]

Yes to both. When T-Mobile asked why I wanted my phone unlocked, I told 
them I would be travelling and would need to use another carrier. I met 
their other conditions of previous service and recent purchase, too, so it 
was not an issue.

  - Mills

On Tue, 27 Oct 2009, David Ritchie wrote:

>> I'm curious as to why on earth they would do that?  Unlock one of their
>> phones to work with a competitor?
>
> Also, I would think you would need it unlocked if you were to go to
> Europe and use an
> SIM from a European provider (one of the advantages of GSM, evidently
> - it is widely used im
> Europe). Or is it necessary to unlock the phone to use a third party carrier?
>
> -- Dave
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