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Apple iPhone-AT&T Conspiracy to Control?
We like the Apple iPhone. We do not like AT&T for a variety of reasons among them lousy customer service, billing issues and pitiful transmission quality.
In other countries where the Apple iPhone is available you may select the carrier service you want for your iPhone. In the land of the free you get AT&T by default. You do not get to choose.
Some technologically saavy people have found a way ( a hack) to change the carrier by “unlocking” the phone. We heard the hack was discovered within the first 24 hours that the device was available.
Now we’re hearing and reading articles reporting AT&T and the Apple Company may accuse owners of the phone who “unlock” it to be able to have the carrier of their choice may be in violation of certain copyright laws.
We say baloney! You pay $500 or $600 for this gadget, plus another $100 to $150 for the communications service and its features; you can not do as you wish. You may not select another company that may be more cost effective and provide better quality services? You do not get to decide? Outrageous!
One reason for choosing another company despite AT&T’s claim of being the largest wireless network is that services are not available in your area from AT&T “…Excessive use of Partner coverage may subject your service to early termination, in accordance with your service terms. Data services may not be available.” This AT&T speak translates into plain English that if you are in an area where they do not provide coverage and use other carriers’ coverge too often they will cut off your service.
Or this caveat from AT&T the 5 different coverage terms. The terms are best, good, moderate, partner–that’s the one if you use too frequently your service could be terminated; or 3G/Mobile Broadband. You are encouraged to learn more about AT&T’s technology.
This is the old copyright battle brought up again…and is tantamount to saying when you buy a book only you can read it according to the rules of the store and publisherer who sold it to you. You cannot loan it to anyone else, resell it or give it away.
Why would you want to own a technology that does not fulfill your needs? Like staying with a lover who does not satisfy. What’s the point?
Although we love the device, we’ll be waiting for this issue to be resolved before we purchase the Apple iPhone. This is a controversy that in our estimation ranks right up there with Microsoft’s new operating systemVista…you know the one that validates whether or not you have a bootleg copy of any program on your machine before it will run it?
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