Google files a patent to remove carrier subscription locks

[Andor]

Google are seeking a patent that will allow them to break the hold carriers place on subscribers.

Imagine asking mobile operators to compete in an auction for the chance to offer you service and then switching from one operator to the next multiple times a day to get the best rate or more bandwidth.

Picture doing this without any of the hassles associated today with switching carriers -- no early-termination fees, phone number transfers or new-handset purchases.

In one scenario described in the application, a user might have a device that is configured to use the least expensive option for connectivity at all times. When at home, the device would attach to the user's Wi-Fi network. Outside, it would switch to the cellular network.


But once outside, the device could periodically search for other available service providers, asking the service providers to bid for the chance to offer service to the customer. The device could automatically switch to the network that has the best price without interrupting a user's voice call or data connection.

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I'm not sure how far this is gonna get but boy do i hope this all comes together.

[ordxpres]

Once I dreamed about demonopolizing the cell phone industre and allow user to pick the services they want from different providers...for example Voice minutes from T-Mobile, texts from at&t and data from some rural provider....ahhh..one can dream. That would definitely cause the carriers to offer unlimited data plans that are not capped (which I hope soon the world will get fed up with this crap and sue the pants off of every carrier that lies like that)