Carriers Nix Cell Phone Kill Switch Over Profit Fears
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I can see why Carriers do not want devices to have a software/feature that deactivates the device entirely. I know through several friends that work for national carriers that most Point of Sales Systems that are being used need an active device on the line in question at all times. If there is a "Kill Switch" this could impact their system.
Thoughts everyone?
Thoughts everyone?
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The line will still be active, the kill switch only deactivates the phone. It sounds like a good idea at first, but after a little thought it sounds like a really bad idea. People misplace their phones all the time, and when they misplace their phones, they call to get the line suspended, then when they find it, lying in their couch or whatever, they call to get it unsuspended. Now imagine they had a kill switch which left the phone permanently disabled. Tons of people are going to use it, and then a day or two later find the phone in the couch cushion and regret it,
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