Touche' - WJR
On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 13:32, Jonathan Link <[email protected]>wrote: > They can do that without moving their mouth. > > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 2:23 PM, William Robbins <[email protected]>wrote: > >> 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 >> > > ~ 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
