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The phone carriers have always had control of any phone on their network.
I was slow to get a cell phone. I have lived the majority of my life without a cell phone. I saw lots of my friends getting phones and they were crazy expensive and each call cost money. I saw no point. Finally AT&T had a promotion and they mailed me a phone, a fairly large Nokia phone the size of most home wireless phones. It was far from a smart phone but it was a free activation and $22 per month. They hit my price point. I got the phone and of course turned it on and tried to call. It did not work so I called AT&T (on a land line) and they said I had a phone number that was already in use. They said to leave the phone on and charging and wait an hour. They changed the phone number on that phone while it was in my office. That was 20 years ago or so.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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