Apple is 100% in bed with the carriers. "Carrier support" bundles include a lengthy list of lockdown features that Apple develops and supports, including the ab

Apple is 100% in bed with the carriers. "Carrier support" bundles include a lengthy list of lockdown features that Apple develops and supports, including the ability for your carrier to: - turn off tethering (the OS 'helpfully' will give you the carrier's phone number to call to let tethering-colored bits through and to collect their fee) - neuter FaceTime to only work over wi-fi - prohibit you from editing the APNs in use - force your iPhone to always connect to an arbitrary wi-fi hotspot without prompting - automatically add the carrier's stock ticker to the stock app Source: http://theiphonewiki.com/wiki/Carrier.plist http://theiphonewiki.com/wiki/Carrier.plist Apple has developed these malfeatures and continues to add new ones, showing you who their real customers are. Let's not even get into how screwed up the locking system is (you can never really, permanently, 100% unlock an iPhone.)