Re: Does it matter?
Aren't that a load of small shops in the USA running phone unlocking services? There is at least one in any half decent sized town here in the UK?
Pay a few bucks and you have it unlocked.
Have you even search on this wonderful thing called the Internet? A search for "Verizon Omnia 6 unlocking" seems to return a lot of information. Don't know how much is relevant though? Only you can tell?
Anyway did't some legal ruling the US force the carriers into unlocking phones?
http://www.cnet.com/news/new-regulation-requires-us-carriers-to-unlock-user-phones/