Right, and most, if not all, of the carriers will unlock your phone once
your contract expires.
Actually I don't understand the reasoning here. You're still under
contract with your carrier whether you unlock the phone or not, so I
really don't see what locking your phone does to protect the carrier and
the contract you signed with them.
On 24/02/13 19:41, Albert Ruel on Gmail wrote:
>
> 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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