bundling is illegal isn't it?

I was of the opinion that bundling device and service is illegal.
So why can a cellular provider bundle phones and service?
How is it legal that a phone which belongs to a customer works only
with a particular service provider?
Why doesn't somebody sue the service provider for having to pay the
new phone despite bringing his own one?
I don't get it.
This is like a computer which works only with a particular DSL
provider
or a computer coming with the DSL service.

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On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:27:12 -0800 (PST), Peter
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I was of the opinion that bundling device and service is illegal.
>So why can a cellular provider bundle phones and service?
>How is it legal that a phone which belongs to a customer works only
>with a particular service provider?
>Why doesn't somebody sue the service provider for having to pay the
>new phone despite bringing his own one?
>I don't get it.
>This is like a computer which works only with a particular DSL
>provider
>or a computer coming with the DSL service.

Well, in some countries it might be. What country are you referring
to?

At 29 Nov 2007 15:57:16 -0600 [email protected] wrote:

> I have a computer that only works with a Microsoft operating system.


No, you don't. You have a computer that INCLUDED an MS OS.

You're free to put any compatible OS on it that you'd like: Linux, Unix, an
old Bargain Bin copy of IBM OS2, or write your own...