[ale] [OT] White House Petition to Legalize Mobile-Phone Unlocking

[Ron Frazier (ALE)]

JD <jdp at algoloma.com> wrote:

>Or we can just purchase unlocked phones. There are lots of choices.
>Nobody forces anyone to buy a subsidized phone, though the fact that
>cell plans do not include a BYOD discount is a problem.
>
>Last fall, I contacted t-mobile to get a locked phone unlocked prior to
>an overseas trip. About 5 days later an email arrived with the unlock
>code. No real difficulty at all, except the wait.
>
>Remember when cell phones were a convenience?
>

Remember when they didn't exist?

Ron

>
>>Unfortunately, I doubt the government will allow unlocking being that 
>>they are technological id10ts.
>>>
>
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