Businesses have a history of changing policies when they get media scrutiny and then doubling-back once the spotlight is off them. While I agree that fewer regulations in an open market are better, what this rule attempts to do is actually open the market up for any device. The wireless phone industry should still be able to include contracts that lock a phone to their network (for the contract lenght only)if they give a giant discount for the phone. They should be required to unlock the phones once the contract is up (they've "recouped" their hardware/phone subsidy) and also should be required to let any device (that does no harm) onto the network.

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