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Post #273,468
by CRConrad
11/17/06 2:36:38 AM
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New I was talking about "locking", not mandating any specific...
...technology.

But, "legislate everything Euros", "No freedom to use a new techology (as in the Europe)", and so on...? That, AFAIK, is just plain factually wrong.

WTF do you think this is, really -- the fucking Soviet Union?!?


   [link|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode|Christian R. Conrad]
(I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.)
Ah, the Germans: Masters of Convoluted Simplification. — [link|http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=1603|Jehovah]
Post #273,483
by tonytib
11/17/06 11:33:56 AM
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New True for cell phones
try starting a IS-95 or CDMA-2000 carrier in Europe...not legally possible. There are advantages to the Euro approach, but there are disadvantages, too.

It would be possible to use a SIM-style approach for CDMA (maybe they do in Korea), but this doesn't help for GSM/CDMA phone swapping.

If the phone is subsidized by the carrier, then the carrier should have the right to lock it. I've heard it's easy to get it unlocked, e.g. if you're going to Asia. Plus, there are plenty of companies that will do it for you.

--Tony
Post #273,565
by CRConrad
11/20/06 3:01:24 AM
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New OK, sounds as if you know a lot better than I do.
At least about cell phone tech, that is. :-)

This other bit, though:
If the phone is subsidized by the carrier, then the carrier should have the right to lock it.
Thing is, they shouldn't be fucking "subsidizing" anything in the first place. AFAIK, product tying is just as illegal here as over there... Too bad that seems to be just as much a fancy fiction here as over there. :-(


I've heard it's easy to get it unlocked, e.g. if you're going to Asia. Plus, there are plenty of companies that will do it for you.
Yeah, yeah, that's all good and fine -- but what I am saying is, in a law-abiding civilized society, shenanigans like that shouldn't be necessary in the first place.


   [link|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode|Christian R. Conrad]
(I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.)
Ah, the Germans: Masters of Convoluted Simplification. — [link|http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=1603|Jehovah]
     Broken cell phone - (jbrabeck) - (22) - Nov. 14, 2006, 05:21:58 PM EST
         Was gonna suggest ebay for the part - (bepatient) - Nov. 14, 2006, 05:27:52 PM EST
         TESSCO has the screen. - (Another Scott) - (3) - Nov. 14, 2006, 06:05:42 PM EST
             Created an order and found... - (jbrabeck) - (2) - Nov. 15, 2006, 10:54:43 AM EST
                 :-( - (Another Scott) - (1) - Nov. 15, 2006, 11:09:07 AM EST
                     Already have a business id - (jbrabeck) - Nov. 15, 2006, 06:07:34 PM EST
         see if you are eligible for an upgraded phone - (imqwerky) - (12) - Nov. 14, 2006, 06:54:07 PM EST
             When is her contract up? Renewal usually nets a new phone -NT - (drewk) - (1) - Nov. 15, 2006, 01:55:35 AM EST
                 She's 6 months into a new 2 year contract. -NT - (jbrabeck) - Nov. 15, 2006, 06:19:45 AM EST
             I'm on Verizon - (jbrabeck) - (9) - Nov. 15, 2006, 06:19:08 AM EST
                 So, get the new phone... - (imqwerky) - (8) - Nov. 15, 2006, 11:03:54 PM EST
                     Verizon phone won't work on T-Mobile network -NT - (Steve Lowe) - (7) - Nov. 16, 2006, 02:30:28 AM EST
                         Disgusting habit. Recently legalised here, too. - (CRConrad) - (6) - Nov. 17, 2006, 02:40:54 AM EST
                             Here the issue is not necessarily legal - (bepatient) - (1) - Nov. 16, 2006, 03:26:23 PM EST
                                 Ah, OK, I'd forgotten that. - (CRConrad) - Nov. 17, 2006, 02:40:08 AM EST
                             Because if we were like the "legislate everything Euros", - (tonytib) - (3) - Nov. 16, 2006, 05:40:22 PM EST
                                 I was talking about "locking", not mandating any specific... - (CRConrad) - (2) - Nov. 17, 2006, 02:36:38 AM EST
                                     True for cell phones - (tonytib) - (1) - Nov. 17, 2006, 11:33:56 AM EST
                                         OK, sounds as if you know a lot better than I do. - (CRConrad) - Nov. 20, 2006, 03:01:24 AM EST
         does her contract have a phone coverage claus? -NT - (boxley) - (3) - Nov. 15, 2006, 12:05:22 PM EST
             No, she opted out of the insurance - (jbrabeck) - (2) - Nov. 15, 2006, 06:09:49 PM EST
                 You know why: Because it IS the RIGHT thing to do. -NT - (CRConrad) - Nov. 16, 2006, 03:17:55 PM EST
                 Integrity - (imqwerky) - Nov. 16, 2006, 05:59:44 PM EST

They had, like, laser guns that turned people into monkeys. What the hell is that?
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