Re: 3G-Ready Nexus One Now Available Unlocked on AT&T - Google - Gizmodo

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "David P. Reed" <dpreed () reed com>
Date: March 17, 2010 9:21:38 AM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Cc: ip <ip () v2 listbox com>
Subject: Re: [IP] Re: 3G-Ready Nexus One Now Available Unlocked on AT&T - Google - Gizmodo

Are we sure it is just a firmware change? The FCC licenses devices for specific frequencies.  Perhaps one needs to buy 
a device that comes with a different FCC license, associated with a different model number?  It's even possible that 
the new NexusOne needs a different internal antenna, but I actually doubt that.

In any case, firmware changes are against the law in the US, because of the way spectrum licenses work.

(I personally devoted a lot of time to trying to change that part of the law, but given how many years it took to get 
UWB legal - more than a decade - the ability to have any end-user-software-defined wideband-capable devices licensed to 
transmit in the US will probably take decades.  The spectrum "ownership" cabal will fight it tooth and nail.).


On 03/17/2010 05:21 AM, David Farber wrote:
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> From: "Bob Frankston" <bob2-39 () bobf frankston com>
> Date: March 16, 2010 8:18:59 PM EDT
> To: <dave () farber net>, "'ip'" <ip () v2 listbox com>
> Subject: RE: [IP] 3G-Ready Nexus One Now Available Unlocked on AT&T - Google - Gizmodo
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> So why I need to buy a whole new phone just to load different firmware into its radio? Where is the antitrust 
> investigation  – seems like collusion to divvy up the market. How does one petition the FTC to investigate?
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> From: David Farber [mailto:dave () farber net] 
> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 15:58
> To: ip
> Subject: [IP] 3G-Ready Nexus One Now Available Unlocked on AT&T - Google - Gizmodo
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> So does the Nexus "work" under the IPhone SIM plan. Is " unlimited" data on the iphone translate to unlimited data on 
> the Nexus.>> djf
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> http://gizmodo.com/5494635/3g+ready-nexus-one-now-available-unlocked-on-att
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