Infoworld magazine columnist Ed Foster writes about Verizon disabling
features of the phone that were put in there by the manufacture.
http://www.gripe2ed.com/scoop/story/.../20/01630/4348
Post comments on that site for discussion.
This comes up because Verizon is a likely bidder at a FCC spectrum
auction. I for one have no interest in corporate outlaws like Verizon
gaining exclusive use of public radio spectrum. Or at least more
spectrum.