Q.: #737 for PagePlus, Verizon answering ...

So I have this antique Moto StarTac, with Verizon trim,
about four years *off* Verizon service, that I want to
get signed up on Page Plus with. (CDMA 1900 & 800, and
AMPS 800, fwiw, with room for two numbers/accounts.)

So I dial #737 ... but it's Verizon that picks up, with
a recording about this phone's having no Verizon service.

Where's my error, and how do I fix it? Thanks, -- tlvp
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At 25 Oct 2011 01:39:24 -0400 tlvp wrote:
> So I have this antique Moto StarTac, with Verizon trim,
> about four years *off* Verizon service, that I want to
> get signed up on Page Plus with. (CDMA 1900 & 800, and
> AMPS 800, fwiw, with room for two numbers/accounts.)
>
> So I dial #737 ... but it's Verizon that picks up, with
> a recording about this phone's having no Verizon service.
>
> Where's my error, and how do I fix it? Thanks, -- tlvp


I don't think #737 works until you're a PP customer. You need to set up
the account and activate first.

On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:11:24 -0600, Todd Allcock wrote:

> At 25 Oct 2011 01:39:24 -0400 tlvp wrote:
>> So I have this antique Moto StarTac, with Verizon trim,
>> about four years *off* Verizon service, that I want to
>> get signed up on Page Plus with. (CDMA 1900 & 800, and
>> AMPS 800, fwiw, with room for two numbers/accounts.)
>>
>> So I dial #737 ... but it's Verizon that picks up, with
>> a recording about this phone's having no Verizon service.
>>
>> Where's my error, and how do I fix it? Thanks, -- tlvp
>
>
> I don't think #737 works until you're a PP customer.

So it would appear.

> ... You need to set up
> the account and activate first.

And before ya do anything with the ESN, must I notify
either VZW or PP, by voice, of my intentions?

TIA; and cheers, -- tlvp


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"tlvp" <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> wrote in message
news:12vpvs7x2x9vt.8gdnm0gneypw.dlg@40tude.net...
> On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:11:24 -0600, Todd Allcock wrote:
>
>> At 25 Oct 2011 01:39:24 -0400 tlvp wrote:
>>> So I have this antique Moto StarTac, with Verizon trim,
>>> about four years *off* Verizon service, that I want to
>>> get signed up on Page Plus with. (CDMA 1900 & 800, and
>>> AMPS 800, fwiw, with room for two numbers/accounts.)
>>>
>>> So I dial #737 ... but it's Verizon that picks up, with
>>> a recording about this phone's having no Verizon service.
>>>
>>> Where's my error, and how do I fix it? Thanks, -- tlvp
>>
>>
>> I don't think #737 works until you're a PP customer.
>
> So it would appear.
>
>> ... You need to set up
>> the account and activate first.
>
> And before ya do anything with the ESN, must I notify
> either VZW or PP, by voice, of my intentions?

Don't contact Verizon at all. You can contact PagePlus customer service to
activate the phone by voice at:

(800) 550-2436

Or you can try their activations email address (never used it):

activations@pagepluscellular.com

Or it appears that you can possibly activate your phone (for $10) from the
PP website:

http://www.pagepluscellular.com/Onli.../Activate.aspx

(Free if you are porting a number to them).

Or you can explore the many dealers out there who can handle this for you.
Kitty Wireless is popular and very good, but at the high end of what you can
pay. I've used them, and several others, all with good results.

At 25 Oct 2011 21:56:34 -0400 tlvp wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:11:24 -0600, Todd Allcock wrote:
>
> > At 25 Oct 2011 01:39:24 -0400 tlvp wrote:
> >> So I have this antique Moto StarTac, with Verizon trim,
> >> about four years *off* Verizon service, that I want to
> >> get signed up on Page Plus with. (CDMA 1900 & 800, and
> >> AMPS 800, fwiw, with room for two numbers/accounts.)
> >>
> >> So I dial #737 ... but it's Verizon that picks up, with
> >> a recording about this phone's having no Verizon service.
> >>
> >> Where's my error, and how do I fix it? Thanks, -- tlvp
> >
> >
> > I don't think #737 works until you're a PP customer.
>
> So it would appear.
>
> > ... You need to set up
> > the account and activate first.
>
> And before ya do anything with the ESN, must I notify
> either VZW or PP, by voice, of my intentions?


No, as long as the VZN phone is inactive, (out of service for four years
certainly qualifies as inactive!) you should be good to go.

On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 22:39:24 -0500, tycho wrote:

> "tlvp" <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> wrote in message
> news:12vpvs7x2x9vt.8gdnm0gneypw.dlg@40tude.net...
>> On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:11:24 -0600, Todd Allcock wrote:
>>
>>> At 25 Oct 2011 01:39:24 -0400 tlvp wrote:
>>>> So I have this antique Moto StarTac, with Verizon trim,
>>>> about four years *off* Verizon service, that I want to
>>>> get signed up on Page Plus with. (CDMA 1900 & 800, and
>>>> AMPS 800, fwiw, with room for two numbers/accounts.)
>>>>
>>>> So I dial #737 ... but it's Verizon that picks up, with
>>>> a recording about this phone's having no Verizon service.
>>>>
>>>> Where's my error, and how do I fix it? Thanks, -- tlvp
>>>
>>>
>>> I don't think #737 works until you're a PP customer.
>>
>> So it would appear.
>>
>>> ... You need to set up
>>> the account and activate first.
>>
>> And before ya do anything with the ESN, must I notify
>> either VZW or PP, by voice, of my intentions?
>
> Don't contact Verizon at all. You can contact PagePlus customer service to
> activate the phone by voice at:
>
> (800) 550-2436
>
> Or you can try their activations email address (never used it):
>
> activations@pagepluscellular.com
>
> Or it appears that you can possibly activate your phone (for $10) from the
> PP website:
>
> http://www.pagepluscellular.com/Onli.../Activate.aspx
>
> (Free if you are porting a number to them).
>
> Or you can explore the many dealers out there who can handle this for you.
> Kitty Wireless is popular and very good, but at the high end of what you can
> pay. I've used them, and several others, all with good results.

Thanks, tycho, info good to store away for future reference.

Cheers, -- tlvp
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On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:42:29 -0600, Todd Allcock wrote:

> At 25 Oct 2011 21:56:34 -0400 tlvp wrote:
>> On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:11:24 -0600, Todd Allcock wrote:
>>
>>> At 25 Oct 2011 01:39:24 -0400 tlvp wrote:
>>>> So I have this antique Moto StarTac, with Verizon trim,
>>>> about four years *off* Verizon service, that I want to
>>>> get signed up on Page Plus with. (CDMA 1900 & 800, and
>>>> AMPS 800, fwiw, with room for two numbers/accounts.)
>>>>
>>>> So I dial #737 ... but it's Verizon that picks up, with
>>>> a recording about this phone's having no Verizon service.
>>>>
>>>> Where's my error, and how do I fix it? Thanks, -- tlvp
>>>
>>>
>>> I don't think #737 works until you're a PP customer.
>>
>> So it would appear.
>>
>>> ... You need to set up
>>> the account and activate first.
>>
>> And before ya do anything with the ESN, must I notify
>> either VZW or PP, by voice, of my intentions?
>
>
> No, as long as the VZN phone is inactive, (out of service for four years
> certainly qualifies as inactive!) you should be good to go.

Indeed, OoS for *more* than four and a half years (last outgoing call
is recorded as having taken place Feb 7, 2007 :-) ). Thanks, Todd.

And cheers, -- tlvp
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Avant de repondre, jeter la poubelle, SVP.