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Article #55Re: No Activation Required at Best Buy?
From: David Van Cleef
Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2002 01:47
Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2002 01:47
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In article <vj2vuu0kq55ivvq9n0ga8e387a6tr39tq3@4ax.com>, t.r wrote: > stealing a phone, buying a stolen phone or such behavior and THEN > unlocking it is illegal and hurting the consumers by increasing > insurance prices and fraud. but just unlocking a phone u bought is > legal since u may buy a phone in the usa and then want to use it in > japan without paying roaming - therefore to use a local pay as u go > sim - u need to unlock. Just to pick nits, there is no us-market phone that will operate in japan, locking issues or not. -- David Van Cleef - Engineering Manager dvc@gol.com - Exodus Communications, K.K. dvc@aeug.org - Global OnLine Japan -- "We have forgotten at least two things..." --
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