I'm not surprised. I put carriers in the same bucket as politicians...if their mouth is moving, they're lying.
- WJR On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 13:03, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 12:38 PM, William Robbins <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I have wondered how VZW would handle this. One of the things I had heard > > from our rep was regarding VZW's policy of being able to service > customers > > on-site was a reason they weren't carrying the iPhone. > > I suspect that's bullsh*t. > > Most of the "service" VZW shops do amounts to pulling the battery > and clearing all settings. (I've had people come to me more than once > and say their BB didn't work since VZW "fixed it". Turns out they > just reset a bunch of stuff, so we had to reactivate and restore.) > There's no special skills or toolset needed. > > <rant> > > VZW makes up all sorts of lies about why they don't do stuff. They > told us the BB 8830 would be able to do GPS/nav/maps. When delivered, > the GPS API was disabled. VZW claimed it was because they couldn't > allow GPS until they made sure it was compatible with their network. > I have a statement marked "VZW Corporate PR - Do Not Modify" from them > about it. There are several things wrong with that, but the biggest > is that the GPS receiver is part of the E911 location function, which > is required for FCC certification. Also, same model from Sprint > worked just fine, roaming on VZW's towers. So Sprint's phones > actually worked better with VZW's network than VZW's phones did. The > real reason they disabled the GPS API was to sell their "VZ Navigator" > service -- which wasn't working on the 8830 at time of release. > > </rant> > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
