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    Only if you buy a subsidized phone and only during the contract. Buy a phone outright and this doesn't apply.
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    There are a couple of threads about this already, and everyone shares your sentiment.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TgeekB View Post
    Only if you buy a subsidized phone and only during the contract. Buy a phone outright and this doesn't apply.
    ...Or if the phone is still an exclusive (depends on carrier, but AT&T does this)
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    Quote Originally Posted by TgeekB View Post
    Only if you buy a subsidized phone and only during the contract. Buy a phone outright and this doesn't apply.
    Well, technically there's no law forcing a carrier to fork over the unlock code, certainly not for free.
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    I would unlock it anyways. What are they going to do? Throw you in jail for a year plus. I highly doubt it.
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    Meh, this has been coming for a year.
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    Ill still unlock and take my chances lol. No one will enforce this stupid law.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SparkyBC View Post
    I would unlock it anyways. What are they going to do? Throw you in jail for a year plus. I highly doubt it.
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    At most, you could face a $2,500 fine if you unlock your handset merely to use another carrier...If you unlock phones for profit because you're, say, a cellphone reseller, then...you could face a half a million dollars in fines and some prison time.
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    Just move to Canada!

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    Quote Originally Posted by raino View Post
    At most, you could face a $2,500 fine if you unlock your handset merely to use another carrier...If you unlock phones for profit because you're, say, a cellphone reseller, then...you could face a half a million dollars in fines and some prison time.
    Brings a whole new meaning to 'jailbreaking' a phone
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    Quote Originally Posted by raino View Post
    There are a couple of threads about this already, and everyone shares your sentiment.
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    Glad DC is so focused on the big issues.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DisturbedRocks31 View Post
    Just move to Canada!

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    I am sure this will be coming to us here as well. We usually just follow in the footsteps.



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    I don't understand why people unlock there phones other than to sell it
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    Quote Originally Posted by anthonysira View Post
    I don't understand why people unlock there phones other than to sell it
    To use them on other networks. So, for example, if you have a Bell Canada phone, once unlocked, you can use it on Rogers Canada, Telus Canada, AT&T USA, etc, not to mention MVNOs/prepaid networks.
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