Problems with Cell Phone Locking?

Submit your story.  We are looking for stories about how cell phone locking is affecting consumers and the public interest. Do you have a story about how locking has interfered with competition between carriers or handset manufacturers, with technological or service innovations and improvements? Have you been unable to use your mobile phones when traveling because your service provider wouldn't allow you to switch to a different network, even temporarily? Have you had to throw away your mobile phone when changing service providers, had trouble finding a used mobile phone to purchase because the used phones would not work with your service provider? Have you asked your service provider to unlock your phone and the provider refused? What other problems have you experienced as a result of having a locked phone?  If so, click here.