sexyexotiche@aol.comspamfree (John S.) wrote in message news:<20031012193132.15709.00000568@mb-m13.aol.com>...
> >Technically, it is illegal to unlock your phone without the co-operation
> >of your service provider.
>
> Technically it is NOT illegal. There is no law addressing the situation - no
> law of any kind.
>
> The carriers have taken it upon themselves to lock phones in an effort to
> prevent churn. When in fact they should look to the legality of the contract
> that you signed when you agreed to that contract.

Personally, I've never read an AT&T contract, but it's possible that there's
a "no tampering" or modification of equipment clause the customer
"voluntarily" agrees to when signing the contract.

Even accepting that, the fact that the phone can be unlocked by
entering a code via the phone's keypad would seem to imply that
unlocking is a "feature" of the phone, at least IMHO, rather than a
"modification", no different than programming your phonebook into
the phone's memory. AT&T certainly could've had Nokia block the
unlocking feature from the phone firmware if they wished.