[Masterface7]

I think the gap between what is legally wrong and what is morally wrong can be quite big at times and every one has a right to their own opinion. But for the carriers to take our phones, break their functionality then charge us extra to get it back THAT seems morally wrong to me. Here is a sweet example, it is kinda like if some bully was to steal your lunch then charge you to get it back. And before you say well it is there's (the companies) to do with as they please, listen to this. The only reason they do it is becuase they are worried about more of their network bandwidth being used up by tethering... Internet service providers tried to throttle traffic based on packet type and the government wasnt happy about it. We are still a net neutral country but apparently that doesnt apply to the cell phone companies. The US Cellular market is an Oligopoly becuase smaller carriers need to much time to get to a level where they can compete with the 4 big ones. And our wallets suffer.

side note: t-mobile has some aggresivly priced new plans maybe you should check out.