For anyone with a single functioning neuron in their skull (unfortunately that rules out the majority of the U.S. population, which is why such insanity is allowed to go unchallenged), there can be no question at all that this practice should be illegal. It is an outrage. Basically, these corporations are saying “you paid for the phone, but we still claim ownership of the phone and can do anything we want to it without your knowledge or consent”. (I am of course referring to phones that are not on a contract and were purchased full-retail, unlocked, where there is no question of ownership).

Only in America, where the government is the dutiful servant of corporations. And where the sheeple bend over and beg for more because they are brainwashed into thinking it’s in their best interest! Incredible.

Verizon uses a roaming selection termed as PRL=TRUE. What that means, is that in order for a CDMA phone to roam on another carrier’s network, the other carrier must be specified in the PRL. If a CDMA signal is available, but not specified in the PRL, the phone will NOT acquire that CDMA signal thus, the user will be denied the ability to dial 911 in areas where there is no Verizon signal, but there is a alternative signal albeit Verizon does not have a roaming relationship with. I have just heard about it anedotally.