On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 19:32:46 -0000, Jon <spam@jonparker.plus.com>
wrote:

>Probably when it actually becomes illegal.]

It has always been illegal. It is an unfair restraint of trade. The
mobile companies were supposed to only charge the actual cost of
unlocking (but why lock them in the first place if not as a restraint
of trade?) and £20 or so was fair enough for returning the handset to
a workshop and unlocking it, then sending it back.

Now it only consists of sending a number to the customer, £20 is a
total swindle. But one that's too small to be worth taking to court,
so they get away with it.

Doesn't make it legal, though.

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