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Re:T-Mobile CEO: “This industry blows,” biggest carriers off... by r00fus on Wednesday January 08, 2014 @06:49PM (#7027729)
So that's half the problem - the other half is the locked handsets. With TMobile, you pay for unlocked you get a fully unlocked handset. If you are on the TMO installment plan, your phone is locked until you pay up, at which point they unlock it - no 2 years required.
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Re:T-Mobile CEO: “This industry blows,” biggest carriers off... by X-Istence on Wednesday January 08, 2014 @07:39PM (#7027960)
After 40 days they are willing to unlock it too, you don't have to pay it off entirely...
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Re:T-Mobile CEO: “This industry blows,” biggest carriers off... by e28eta on Wednesday January 08, 2014 @10:59PM (#7028661)
Last I heard (6 months ago), AT&T makes you wait till your contract is up before unlocking, and on the other side Verizon won't let you bring your unlocked phone to their service - forcing you to buy one from them.
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Re:T-Mobile CEO: “This industry blows,” biggest carriers off... by X-Istence on Thursday January 09, 2014 @03:37PM (#7033023)
AT&T hasn't unlocked any of my iPhone's... and still won't even after my contract with them was ended in good standing.
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Re:T-Mobile CEO: “This industry blows,” biggest carriers off... by e28eta on Friday January 10, 2014 @02:00AM (#7035455)
I was able to use their unlock portal to request and receive unlocks for all of my iPhones (3G, 4, 4S) after my contract was up.

https://www.att.com/deviceunlock/

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