THC>IIRC, since 1994, Radio Shack no longer builds (or has built for them) 
scan
   >that are cellular capable and "blocks" that ability when selling the 
scanne
   >in the States.  Instead, they have scanners built that don't have that
   >capability in the first place.
Figures...
THC>Why?  Well, any change small enough to be made during production runs 
hat
   >would allow a fully-capable version to be made for Canada and a 
crippled"
   >version for the States would be a change that could be reversed by a 
compet
   >hacker.  Even a change in programming wouldn't help.  A Stateside hacker 
wo
   >just call a friend up North and have a Canadian CPU shipped down.
It is probably easier to make an assembly line making one version than
two.  Well, I am going to Europe soon and will take a good look at this
new Welz scanner that everyone's talking about.  Maybe I'll pick one up
just to have it (I'll regret it later if I don't...)
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