The FCC exists under the Commerce clause of the US Constitution.
> Are cellular phones one of the numerated power of the Federal Government?
>
>
> ------------------------
> Keith Smith
>
> --- On *Sat, 2/16/13, ChasM Marshall /<chasm750@hotmail.com>/* wrote:
>
>
> From: ChasM Marshall <chasm750@hotmail.com>
> Subject: RE: OT: Re: Starting Today, It's Illegal to Unlock Your
> Cellphone
> To: "plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org"
> <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>
> Date: Saturday, February 16, 2013, 1:42 PM
>
> What am I doing?
> Well, I've NEVER bought a cell phone. Carriers don't appear to be
> regulated.
> I've waited half my life just to see "Do Not Call" enforced at a
> Federal level.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 06:02:51 -0700
> To: plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org
> From: l.tuttle@cox.net
> Subject: OT: Re: Starting Today, It's Illegal to Unlock Your Cellphone
>
> Yes, I agree. The question is, "What are you doing about it?" An
> inch at a time.....
>
> At 11:00 AM 1/26/2013, Derek Trotter wrote:
>
> I can't argue Keith. This is no longer a free country. It's
> not even a republic. It's a bureaucracy. People who are
> unelected and unaccountable to the people are now making the
> laws and changing them anytime they feel like it.
>
> On 01/26/2013 08:28 AM, keith smith wrote:
>
>
> I know some of you do not agree with my limited government
> position, however this is what a run away government
> does. We pay for our phones with those two year
> contracts. Our rates would be lower if they did not
> "subsidize" our phones. These phones are our property.
>
> Hold onto your seat. This is just an example of how a run
> away government is going to treat it's people.
>
> This is not freedom, this is bondage.
>
> Th article says in part:
>
> The worst-case scenario for an individual or civil offense
> could be as much as a $2,500 fine. As for those planning
> to profit off of the act or a criminal offense -- such as
> a cellphone reseller -- the fine could be as high as
> $500,000 and include prison time.
>
> http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/now-illegal-unlock-cellphone/story?id=18319518
>
>
>
>
>
>
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