"Todd Allcock" <elecconnec@AnoOspamL.com> wrote in message
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> "XS11E" <xs11eNO@SPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> "Todd Allcock" <elecconnec@AnoOspamL.com> wrote:
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>>> By asking Verizon? Verizon seems to allow any device that's
>>> "compatible" with its network and won't "harm" it.
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>> No longer.
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>>> 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-
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>> See my post here:
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>> http://www.howardforums.com/showthre...1537135&page=2
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>> 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....
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> Jeez! Thanks for the update- I withdraw my previous post!
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> So much for that "open network" horses--t they spewed when Congress was
> making noise about a "Cellular Consumers' Bill of Rights".
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> I'd love to hear the excuses, since PagePlus (a prepaid Verizon reseller)
> will activate any CDMA phone on "their" (Verizon's) network, so it's
> obviously a policy issue rather than a technical one. Verizon must fear a
> rash of activations of phones that actually have features.
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odd that you would buy that guys flat out lies, rather than the OTHER stuff
in that same thread that says the exact opposite... did you bother reading
it, or just take his lies as gospel? cuz it's NOT what the thread says at
all... Left the link in, click on it and read for yourself what it
says......