You can keep it, IF you pay FULL price for you phone ($649/$749/$849).
Aside from the fact that I wasn't eligible for an upgrade on any of my VZW
lines was the reason I didn't switch either.
On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 10:21 PM, Daniel J. Engstrom
<ghoinn_1972@yahoo.com>wrote:
> 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
>
>
> ________________________________
> 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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