Ext User(Rod Speed)
09-08-2005, 07:43 PM
Brian Morrison <scrapspam@fenrir.org.uk> wrote
> Rod Speed wrote
>>> Sorry, I didn't mean that the phone is looking for a specific SIM,
>>> rather that the SIM will only work in a specific phone so that the
>>> phone will work with other SIMs.
>> You're still wrong, some phones are locked so that you cant
>> even use a different sim from the same mobile telco in them.
>> Mainly to lock you into a plan with higher than
>> normal call charges with that subsidised handset.
> Yes I know that, but I'm thinking of the process in reverse, instead of the
> phone deciding whether it likes the SIM it should be a case off the SIM
> deciding whether it likes the phone.
No reason to do it that way.
>>> I suppose it will require someone to get a judgement that it is
>>> illegal, with all the difficulty that goes with doing that, to show
>>> that it is. Most laws are a matter of interpretation.
>> Not on something as basic as that most arent.
> One thing I wouldn't describe competition law as is basic.
Never said competition law is basic.
> Rod Speed wrote
>>> Sorry, I didn't mean that the phone is looking for a specific SIM,
>>> rather that the SIM will only work in a specific phone so that the
>>> phone will work with other SIMs.
>> You're still wrong, some phones are locked so that you cant
>> even use a different sim from the same mobile telco in them.
>> Mainly to lock you into a plan with higher than
>> normal call charges with that subsidised handset.
> Yes I know that, but I'm thinking of the process in reverse, instead of the
> phone deciding whether it likes the SIM it should be a case off the SIM
> deciding whether it likes the phone.
No reason to do it that way.
>>> I suppose it will require someone to get a judgement that it is
>>> illegal, with all the difficulty that goes with doing that, to show
>>> that it is. Most laws are a matter of interpretation.
>> Not on something as basic as that most arent.
> One thing I wouldn't describe competition law as is basic.
Never said competition law is basic.