Thanx for this excellent find @Luddite
Rogers is required by law to unlock a paid-for consumer-owned device (under the CRTC "Wireless Communications Code" F.1.a and F.1.b). They do indeed offer an unlock service for $50 (and a good argument can be made that this should be a free service, but that's a topic for another thread).
But Rogers is highly reluctant to do this. My friend (currently on Rogers) has paid for two months service while being stalled by Rogers - tech person isn't in until Wednesday, accounts person went on vacation last Monday, we'll call you back, our support crew looking into this, problems with our internal web pages, etc etc - and she still hasn't been charged for an unlock, she still hasn't received an unlock, she's still paying a month-to-month Rogers bill. Two months? She's even said to Rogers that she'd happily stay with them if they could meet or beat the plan she's checking out on Public Mobile, but all the Rogers people have done is attempt to upsell contracts which quite obviously aren't as good as what PM offers. Why pay more to get less? You probably wouldn't ... unless all your other options are indefinitely LOCKED out, lol. The Rogers support people don't discuss it openly, but they tacitly agree when you confront them in plain English with the fact that you want to unlock your device because you don't want to stay with Rogers.
This $12 unlock deal is very timely, I bumped into it just minutes before ordering a $60 unlock from another non-Rogers source. Thanx again!
