| One way to solve it The FCC could determine that cell phones must be sold UNLOCKED.
Therefore there's never any circumvention and the DMCA doesn't kick in.
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decifal
join:2007-03-10
Bon Aqua, TN
kudos:1 | nope Won't happen. This is corporate america |
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 BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to nothing00
Re: One way to solve it Of course and when people screw around with the OS on their unlocked phone and brick it or mess it up some other way they'll blame the carrier and demand anew phone for free. |
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 exocet_cmI am the law - Judge DreddPremium
join:2003-03-23
New Orleans, LA
kudos:2 | If the FCC doesn't enforce it Then who enforces the penalties? |
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Re: One way to solve it Of course and when people screw around with the OS on their unlocked phone and brick it or mess it up some other way they'll blame the carrier and demand anew phone for free.
It should be a consumer right to tinker with the device they own. Anybody who argues against these kinds of rights astounds me. |
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said by BF69:Of course and when people screw around with the OS on their unlocked phone and brick it or mess it up some other way they'll blame the carrier and demand anew phone for free.
I highly doubt that 
When people fuck up their computers by "tinkering" or by inadvertent fuckups, they dont go running to the computer manufactures asking for a "free" computer.
complete hogwash. |
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said by BF69:Of course and when people screw around with the OS on their unlocked phone and brick it or mess it up some other way they'll blame the carrier and demand anew phone for free.
The stupid people who expect a free subsidized phone aren't the same ones who buy their own to do as they please with it. I would expect that reaction from the subsidy-obsessed crowd. |
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rfnutPremium
join:2002-04-27
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You might want to rethink that. Ask any phone support person. Or better yet; someone in the warranty repair department who sees these "bricked" systems come back for exchange with the user saying "I didn't do anything to it.... it just quit." It happens in many different sectors like routers, switches, modems, and even computers. Adding phones to the mix would be nothing new, just a change to the warranty system. |
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 RobIn Deo speramus.Premium
join:2001-08-25
Kendall, FL
kudos:3 | reply to BF69
said by BF69:Of course and when people screw around with the OS on their unlocked phone and brick it or mess it up some other way they'll blame the carrier and demand anew phone for free.
This has nothing to do with unlocking your phone. Unlocking allows consumers to use their phone on any carrier that supports the phone.
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| Not sure about the conclusion I think the conclusion is a bit off, I am sure the study will take at least a year, the FCC will determine that selling an unlocked phone is the sole discretion of the carriers and that since you can sometimes buy an unlocked phone it is not anti-competitive.
However they will also find that only terrorists want their phones unlocked and therefor to even request it should put you on the do not fly list, and that it is the duty of the providers to make sure your phone is locked anything less is unpatriotic. |
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 n2jtx
join:2001-01-13
Glen Head, NY | Fixed It For You! ...both the phone unlocking ban and the DMCA exemption process are anti-consumer and completely absurd yet completely legal and no changes will be forthcoming. Now go away and bother somebody else.
At least that is what I expect to hear in a year from the FCC.
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Re: One way to solve it Your thinking of the wrong kind of unlocking, this is about sim unlocking which lets GSM phones work on other carriers, not bootloader unlocking which lets you load custom roms. |
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Phones now days can be unbricked, and in fact some phones have to be bricked to be rooted. Granted they are soft bricked, but its almost impossible now days to hard brick a phone. |
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said by BF69:Of course and when people screw around with the OS on their unlocked phone and brick it or mess it up some other way they'll blame the carrier and demand anew phone for free.
We're talking about carrier locking here. Not messing with your phone / rooting.
They're completely different. |
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Re: Not sure about the conclusion Think of the children too!! |
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| Unlocked I bet the senior's think it means their phones are opened and anyone can come in and take what they want. |
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 Simba7I Void Warranties
join:2003-03-24
Billings, MT | reply to BF69
Re: One way to solve it Bullsh*t. I've been running Cyanogenmod for years. It definitely kicks ass! |
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Simba7I Void Warranties
join:2003-03-24
Billings, MT | at&t ST customers got screwed over Yep. Thanks to the ban, I can no longer get a new at&t ST SIM card. I just hope my existing one continues to work.
My wife is rather pissed, too. But, maybe we can get an unlocked Note 2 for her. I know I have to contact my sis about her HTC Aria.
I'd love to b*tch slap several people in congress right now. |
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tkdslr
join:2004-04-24
Pompano Beach, FL | reply to nothing00
Re: One way to solve it The FCC could simply deny an FCC ID/(license to transmit) approval for locked phones. |
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Re: at&t ST customers got screwed over said by Simba7:Yep. Thanks to the ban, I can no longer get a new at&t ST SIM card. I just hope my existing one continues to work.
Why wont Straight Talk send you a new SIM card? I can go buy one from a ST branded vending machine type of thing in the local mall here... |
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