Comments on: Port My Phone, Not Just My Number http://www.saunderslog.com/2006/11/25/port-my-phone-not-just-my-number/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=port-my-phone-not-just-my-number An outcome-driven leader, proven technology product developer, and marketer with over 20 years of hands-on experience including start-up, small and large business environments, and the board room. This is my blog. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:15:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mobileforum http://www.saunderslog.com/2006/11/25/port-my-phone-not-just-my-number/#comment-4011 mobileforum Mon, 04 Dec 2006 20:32:31 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/11/25/port-my-phone-not-just-my-number/#comment-4011 <strong>US Government confirms cell phones can legally be unlocked...</strong> ... US Government confirms cell phones can legally be unlocked…

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]]> By: Alec http://www.saunderslog.com/2006/11/25/port-my-phone-not-just-my-number/#comment-4010 Alec Sun, 26 Nov 2006 01:55:15 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/11/25/port-my-phone-not-just-my-number/#comment-4010 That's what a contract is for. The carrier subsidizes the cost of the phone to get me onto their network, and then locks me in for a period of time to ensure that I pay for that phone. If I try to break that contract, then I pay a penalty. The technology lock is just adding insult to injury. It says that even when the contracted period is done, my phone is a useless brick unless used on their network. That's abuse, in my opinion. That’s what a contract is for. The carrier subsidizes the cost of the phone to get me onto their network, and then locks me in for a period of time to ensure that I pay for that phone. If I try to break that contract, then I pay a penalty. The technology lock is just adding insult to injury. It says that even when the contracted period is done, my phone is a useless brick unless used on their network. That’s abuse, in my opinion.

]]> By: Frank Miller http://www.saunderslog.com/2006/11/25/port-my-phone-not-just-my-number/#comment-4009 Frank Miller Sat, 25 Nov 2006 20:08:24 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/11/25/port-my-phone-not-just-my-number/#comment-4009 How does this square with the fact that the carriers heavily subsidize equipment purchases? I mean, if they are paying Motorola to provide me with a phone under the assumption that I'm using the minutes from their network, and I then use the minutes from somebody else, I'm get the to use the phone for a much lower price that it actually would cost me otherwise. In other words, my carrier has basically subsidized me to use someone elses minutes. That doesn't seem like it can last long. You can't have it both ways. You can't have the carriers pay part of our equipment cost and then expect them not to want you to pay them for network usage. Let me put it to you this way, what if you had some client binary software that was part of your iotum offering? What if one of your customers provided that client binary to their customers for free under the assumption that the client was going to come back to some iotum server that they charged by the month for? Wouldn't they be steamed if the consumer somehow found a way to redirect that client to some other server? Two things would happen, your customer would be asking you for a way to lock in the client and you'd be working very hard to make that happen... FM How does this square with the fact that the carriers heavily subsidize equipment purchases? I mean, if they are paying Motorola to provide me with a phone under the assumption that I'm using the minutes from their network, and I then use the minutes from somebody else, I'm get the to use the phone for a much lower price that it actually would cost me otherwise. In other words, my carrier has basically subsidized me to use someone elses minutes. That doesn't seem like it can last long.

You can't have it both ways. You can't have the carriers pay part of our equipment cost and then expect them not to want you to pay them for network usage. Let me put it to you this way, what if you had some client binary software that was part of your iotum offering? What if one of your customers provided that client binary to their customers for free under the assumption that the client was going to come back to some iotum server that they charged by the month for? Wouldn't they be steamed if the consumer somehow found a way to redirect that client to some other server? Two things would happen, your customer would be asking you for a way to lock in the client and you'd be working very hard to make that happen…

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