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House Passes Weakened Phone Unlocking Bill

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thebriang

Feb 26, 2014, 1:42 PM

I'll keep holding my breath

The companies dont want to unlock phones and won't, it doesn't matter what the law says. ATT has like a quarter billion phones out there, and you can legally purchase a used phone that's completed its year contract and they still won't unlock it. Just give you a BS run around about how you need to open a linen of service with them and have the phone on your account for such and such period and Then they Might unlock it.

They say its because there's such a selection of unlocked phones out there but that's a lie too, what store can i walk into and just buy an unlocked device that isn't a $600 exclusive edition but can actually use our bands?

So yeah, I'll keep holding my breath for the carriers to stop forcing me to break the law to unlo...
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