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Amp'd shares verizon network correct?
usmcAug 19, 2005, 10:50 AM
Is this correct? Can verizon customers use this phone or any Amp'd for for that matter?
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ALLTEL JUST SIGN A CONTRACT WITH VERIZION.SO WILL THIS PHONE COME TO ALLTEL,LETS PRAY.HOW MUCH WILL IT BE
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Probably not. Amp'd is an MVNO. They do use Verizon's network, but everything they offer to consumers is 100% separate from Verizon.
It's perfectly possible - and in fact quite likely - that Amp'd will lock their phones like Sprint does. It's just like Sprint and Virgin - you can't use a Virgin phone on Sprint or vice-versa. Amp'd and Verizon is the same situation.
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usmcAug 19, 2005, 12:34 PM
Rich Brome said:
Probably not. Amp'd is an MVNO. They do use Verizon's network, but everything they offer to consumers is 100% separate from Verizon.
It's perfectly possible - and in fact quite likely - that Amp'd will lock their phones like Sprint does. It's just like Sprint and Virgin - you can't use a Virgin phone on Sprint or vice-versa. Amp'd and Verizon is the same situation.
bummer, I see
Thank you!
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It's also likely that if you were able to unlock one of these phone you still wouldn't be able to use it on Verizon's network. Amp'd is going to use a special BREW based UI/Menu system that will directly integrate with online sync servers. Verizon does not have anything even close to that. The best comparison would be the way T-Mobile's sidekick is setup. If you unlocked a sidekick and stuck a non T-mo SIM in, you would only be able to use the Voice and SMS. In this case, I don't think you would be able to do anything because.
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You're absolutely correct.
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I understand why you would say this but - if you call Verizon and tell them you want to an old phone on your account they will let you. Tell them it is a Verizon KX414. Give them the ESN and put it in your account. I did that with a Virgin Mobile phone and put it in my Alltel account. Worked like a charm! I'm positive you would be able to do it with Amp'd->Verizon.
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...unless they lock their phones like Sprint.
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what is the better phone ,
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