AT&T To Unlock Out-of-Contract iPhones

[wraggster]

Many outlets are reporting that AT&T will allow owners of iPhones whose contracts have expired to unlock their devices (http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/06/att-will-unlock-your-off-contract-iphone-starting-on-april-8/). One might think that a call or a quick trip to their local AT&T store would do the trick, and they do provide this service to people who are currently under contract with a newer phone and want to use their older one. However, AT&T has never made anything free to be easy, and this may not bode well for former customers who offer no profitable revenue. For example, when AT&T bought Bell South, they were ordered by the court as part of the acquisition to offer $10/month 'DSL lite' service. The maze in their website which led to this opportunity is now a story of legend (http://blog.chron.com/techblog/2007/06/att-launches-stealthy-10-dsl/). Will the key to this unlocking the iPhone be as byzantine for former customers?"

http://apple.slashdot.org/story/12/04/08/017228/att-to-unlock-out-of-contract-iphones