I don’t link linking to the NY Times unnecessarily, since you need to register to read things, but it has a terrific opinion piece today about the way wireless carriers lock up services and hardware in the U.S. (unlike in Europe, where switching carriers ususally means switching smart cards in your phone), and the debate on whether to allow it to continue. Well worth reading.

Here’s the lede: "Wireless carriers in the United States are spiritual descendants ofdear Ma Bell: they view total control over customers as their inheritedbirthright."