You're right Christopher.  I didn't deal with the issue of reduced pricing
when buying through the service provider.  Thanks for pointing that out.  

I do agree that I am beholding to them if I've borrowed the money from them
to make my purchase, for in fact they still have a stake in that device as
long as I'm making payments on it.  Once I own it outright however they
should be able to let me go.  Please let me go.  

Thx, Albert 

-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Chaltain [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 2:07 PM
To: Albert Ruel
Cc: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] Unlocking cell phones and More

Well, I think this is a pretty bad analogy. Maybe if you bought your
refrigerator from the utility company and got it for say $400 instead of
$1200 after agreeing to sticking with that utility company for the next two
years then you might have a respectable analogy.


On 23/02/13 22:53, Albert Ruel wrote:
> I can plug my fridge into any outlet in North America, and should be as
free with my cell phone. 
> 
> Thx, Albert
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On 2013-02-23, at 8:13 PM, Ana G <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
>> My understanding is that it was legal/permissible to unlock your cell
phone until about a month ago. At that time, the exception that allowed it,
which apparently needs to be renewed, expired.
>>
>> I don't have strong opinions about locked-vs.-unlocked cell phones though
I do agree with Khanna's description of the practice as capitalist cronyism.
What I am more excited about is that the topic of books and our access to
them is getting some attention.
>>
>> I'm also happy about the lawsuit against Marriott. I think access to job
related software is a very big problem. My three part-time jobs all use the
same inaccessible training software, and one of the tests I took through
Prometric appears to have been the same suite. A lawsuit like this one would
force that company to come up with an accessible solution--to name just one
example. another example is a type of software used in the translation
industry. To get staff positions and move up through an agency, translators
must be able to use this type of software. With one exception, a new company
whose developers are working with a group of blind interpreters and
translators, this type of software is inaccessible, offering screen reader
access only to the most basic features. the current solution of having large
screen reader developers and other consultants sell overpriced scripting
services only adds to the problem.
>>
>> ana will stop ranting now.
>>
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