"Peter Pan" <pponvistaNOSPAM@MarcAlanNOSPAM.Info> wrote:

>
> "XS11E" <xs11eNO@SPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns9C3695CF6A429xs11eyahoocom@127.0.0.1...
>> "Todd Allcock" <elecconnec@AnoOspamL.com> wrote:
>>
>>> By asking Verizon? Verizon seems to allow any device
>>> that's "compatible" with its network and won't "harm" it.
>>
>> No longer.
>>
>>> for example, an Alltel Motorola RAZR can be activated, since
>>> Verizon also offered the RAZR. Alltel phones are generally a
>>> safe bet, while most Sprint phones aren't-
>>
>> See my post here:
>>
>> http://www.howardforums.com/showthre...1537135&page=2
>>
>> It's probably safe to say that a non-VZW phone will NOT activate
>> on their network, at least an Alltel phone sure won't....
>>
>
> Gee, i got an Alltell phone off ebay, changed esn's online, and
> have been happily using an alltel phone on the verizon network for
> over a year odd that most of the posts in that thread say that is
> factually wrong....

A year ago it would have worked, I had no problem activating mine as
recently as April of this year.