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In my country (Mexico) there was a law for them to sell you unlocked phones/unlock them on request. The biggest company had you fill a stupid request and you co
by dethstar 12y ago
In my country (Mexico) there was a law for them to sell you unlocked phones/unlock them on request.
The biggest company had you fill a stupid request and you couldn't fill it if you had your phone for less than X months, something which was not allowed by the law, that ceased after a series of complains to some branch of government made to "protect consumers"
Anyway, I wonder if AT&T is kind of going with it and saying yes we'll unlock it BUT as a way to kind of cheat on the law, or if the law really allows them to do that.
edit: I guess I forgot most people here have prepaid phones, so really I ignore if that was the case for phones on plans, too.
- mikeash 12y agoThe article says the agreement is to unlock "...after the fulfillment of the applicable postpaid service contract, device financing plan, or payment of applicable early termination fee." So AT&T is just doing what they're allowed to do. I'll note that this has been AT&T's policy for at least a couple of years now. I don't think anything has changed for them.
- username223 12y ago> that ceased after a series of complains to some branch of government made to "protect consumers" Why the "scare quotes"? It seems like consumers were actually protected by that scary government.