They can do that without moving their mouth. On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 2:23 PM, William Robbins <dangerw...@gmail.com>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 <mailvor...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 12:38 PM, William Robbins <dangerw...@gmail.com> >> 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com >> 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
