Confirmed, with a Hitch.

We reported Sprint maybe unlocking phones — Sprint to Unlock Phones. Well its confirmed but is as we know it limited availability. It’s part of a class action suit in California and Florida. If you were a Sprint customer between 1999 and 2007 but left on good terms with a cell phone paperweight; you might want to call Sprint. According to the lawsuit Sprint is required to provide you the unlock codes so you can use the phone on a CDMA compatible carrier.

Slowly the grip that the carriers have on the customer equipment is slipping away. It may take a while, but at some point the hassle of keeping the phone lock will be economically untenable as a business model.
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