At 26 Jun 2009 20:13:41 -0400 Peter Pan 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....
> >
> > Jeez! Thanks for the update- I withdraw my previous post!
> >
> > So much for that "open network" horses--t they spewed when Congress was
> > making noise about a "Cellular Consumers' Bill of Rights".
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> 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......


I "consider the source" and have been reading XS11E's posts for a long
time, and he (she? it?) seems as trustworthy and reliable as anyone here in
the cellular NGs.

Where is this "lie" you speak of? XS11E isn't speaking for Verizon or its
policies- he just said _he_ is having difficulty getting his phone activated.
And yes, I read the whole HoFo thread linked, and assuming everyone in the
thread is essentially telling the truth, the situation seems to be that
despite VZW policy, store employees and CS are confused, and activating a
non-Verizon phone seems like a bit of a crapshoot right now. Given that
situation, I wouldn't recommend the OP intentionally go out and buy a non-
Verizon handset to activate on Verizon right now, as I had suggested a few
posts ago, which is why I retracted what I said earlier.

It really doesn't matter what the official policy is if you can't find an
employee willing or able to follow it. This sounds similar to AT&T's
supposed no-contract postpaid plans that exist per AT&T policy, but no one
can eve seem to find a rep that knows about them or how to setup one!