XS11E <xs11e@mailinator.com> wrote in
news:Xns99F5DF0312F37xs11emailinatorcom@69.28.173. 184:

> Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net> wrote:
>
>> On 2007-11-28, XS11E <xs11e@mailinator.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Are you sure of that? There's no reason Verizon couldn't allow
>>> GSM phones
>>
>> ...except that then they'd have to build out a GSM network.
>
> Wrong, read the entire post:
>
> "they probably already have some agreements with GSM providers to
> use their networks"

They don't.

>
> That's how they allowed roaming back before there was a complete CDMA
> network,

No, it's not. There has never been roaming between GSM and CDMA carriers.

> I wouldn't be surprised if some of those agreements are still
> in effect and/or could be renewed and new agreements made, the question
> is would it be profitable to do so?

No.

>
> Heck, they don't even have a complete CDMA network, they use Altel's
> and others.
>
>