I have been a Verizon customer for many many years!
And this seems to be a shock to me!
I have been considering switching networks, because when NOT if I get up grade my iPhone4 to the 5 I loose my unlimited data, I have talked to many people at Verizon about this and seems there is NO way around me loosing it!! I even asked about going to a different smart phone and still NO, UGH I am very unhappy about this!!
Personally I am still undecided about staying with Verizon or going to AT&T, if i am going to lose my Data, least if i move to AT&T I ca do voice and Data at the same time
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From: Bill Boulware <bill.boulware@gmail.com>
To: iPhone Group <apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com>; Open-iPhone Group <open-iphone@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 6:15 PM
Subject: [apple-iphone] Verizon iPhone 5 won't ever be locked, most likely due to FCC agreements
it looks like VZW is the way to go unless you are under a contact or
have other limitations
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/9To5Mac-MacAllDay/~3/AhwT7FcVUCU/
Sent to you by Bill Boulware via Google Reader: Verizon iPhone 5 won't
ever be locked, most likely due to FCC agreements via 9to5Mac by Seth
Weintraub on 9/24/12
Verizon is not going to re-lock the iPhone 5, according to a report
today from the AP:
NEW YORK (AP) — Verizon Wireless said Monday that it won't prevent its
version of the iPhone 5 from being used on AT&T's network. The Verizon
version of the iPhone 5, which went on sale Friday, came with an
unexpected feature: it works on the network of AT&T and many other
phone companies [including T-Mobile], as well as on Verizon's. It's the
first time Verizon, the country's largest cellphone company, has sold a
phone that works on competing U.S. networks with no complicated
hacking, or "unlocking," procedures.
But, does Big Red even have that option? Verizon tends to do everything
possible to lock customers in, and allowing AT&T customers to use the
handset is totally against everything it stands for. A Howard Forums
poster notes that when Verizon purchased its 700MHz spectrum a few
years ago, which it would eventually use for LTE, the carrier told the
Federal Communications Commission it would not lock phones that used
this network as part of the deal:
Related articles:
- Verizon Wireless launches Share Everything plans (9to5mac.com)
- Rumors: Verizon leak hints at shared data plans; Sprint plans to
offer TEP coverage for iPhone (9to5mac.com)
- Verizon confirms iPhone GSM is unlocked, works with AT&T and others
(9to5mac.com)
- Apple announces iPhone 5, bigger screen, 2X speed A6, aluminum and
glass 'best phone ever' (9to5mac.com)
The post follows:
I've been reading up on the open access provisions in regards to the
C-Block of 700 mhz LTE spectrum. There is a very specific line saying
that a licensee(Verizon) cannot configure devices to be locked against
use on another network. This means that Verizon would be violating
Federal law if the iPhone 5′s sim slot is even partially locked. Unlike
on the iPhone 4S – these regulations mean that Verizon must even allow
an AT&T sim card to be used in any Verizon iPhone 5.
The relevant law is found here in the Code of Federal Regulations
Title 47 – Telecommunication. CHAPTER I – FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION (CONTINUED). SUBCHAPTER B – COMMON CARRIER SERVICES. PART 27
– MISCELLANEOUS WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES. Subpart B –
Applications and Licenses. § 27.16Network access requirements for Block
C in the 746-757 and 776-787 MHz bands.
Take a look at this : (e) Handset locking prohibited. No licensee may
disable features on handsets it provides to customers, to the extent
such features are compliant with the licensee's standards pursuant to
paragraph (b)of this section, nor configure handsets it provides to
prohibit use of such handsets on other providers' networks.
The one caveat is that Verizon iPhones cannot utilize LTE on AT&T's
network, but it will be able to use T-Mobile's 2G and new 1900MHz 4G
network.
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