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Carriers still don't have to allow on their network

Da_Bonehead

Jun 24, 2014, 10:23 AM
Unlocking the device is great. You feel free to unlock your device so you can take it with you to another carrier after you spen several houndred dollars for the phone. Once you get to your new carrier you find that they will not allow it on their network.
Just because it is not illegal to unlock a phone does not mean a carrier has to allow it to be used on their network.
And most will not.
They will tell you it is because the programming in the phone pr the channels are not compatible or you will have issues getting data because the Username in the phone is 5555555555@verizon.net (it defaults to this) and not 5555555555@uscc.net which is required to activate data.

my 2 pennies.
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T Bone

Jun 24, 2014, 10:59 AM
Not only do carriers not have to allow a phone on their network, but even if they did, the compatibility issues are such that some phone simply cannot be taken from one network to another network. You can unlock that T-Mobile phone all you like, but you can't really use it on the at&t network and get full compatibility because the frequencies are different. at&t's data network runs on a different frequency,from T-Mobile's, you can get data, but it will never work properly. And the frequencies are different because the FCC MANDATES different frequencies. And simply mandating that every phone must support every frequency used by every network everywhere in the country, or that every phone have both a CDMA and a GSM radio, is impractical....
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Lightning1731

Jun 24, 2014, 11:07 AM
I hope it doesn't pass... Think about how many idiots there are that steal phones then get them unlocked so it resets everything. If you've spent 200 to 800 on a phone and your phone gets jacked you’re screwed of what you've busted ass for working to get. People want their phone unlocked for 1 reason. "FREE" stuff.... or a brand new stolen iPhone 5S they've only paid 40 dollars to get factory reset and unlocked.
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Jarahawk

Jun 24, 2014, 12:20 PM
Seriously.
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gregory_udulutch

Jun 24, 2014, 12:49 PM
The most annoying part of the whole thing was the consistent incorrect usage of "they're" "their" and "there." 👿 😈
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Lightning1731

Jun 24, 2014, 1:06 PM
Oh I apologize Grammar Nazis... 🤣
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gregory_udulutch

Jun 24, 2014, 1:26 PM
Lightning1731 said:
Oh I apologize Grammar Nazis... 🤣

It's not about being a "grammar nazi" it's about someone being able to use the English language in a correct fashion.
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Lightning1731

Jun 24, 2014, 1:54 PM
Again I apologize! Stop being so uptight over something that is a easy fix...
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Globhead

Jun 25, 2014, 11:28 AM
To the degree that a carrier does try to do that arbitrarily, it's another problem which needs to be fixed. We fixed it with crooked landline carriers like ATT, we can do it with Sprint's wireless shenanigans as well.

Compatibility CAN be an issue, but that's a silly argument. There are plenty of phones which work on multiple carriers.
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T Bone

Jun 25, 2014, 11:57 AM
The point of my mentioning the lack of compatibility wasn't to say that phones shouldn't be unlocked, it was simply to point out that unlocking phones isn't the panacea so many people think it is. There are some people who act like it is a verse in the book of Revelation that 'and then when all the mobile phones are unlocked we will be living in an everlasting utopia of mobile freedom'...but ummm....no we won't. Even if all phones were unlocked today, the mobile world wouldn't be all that different.
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