Re: Is Verizon Wireless Sabotaging Older Cell Phones?

Aug 31, 2005 0 Replies

Am 30.08.2005 16:31 schrieb William Warren:


I just went through some of the same trouble, but for a different
> reason: I left my phone behind at my folk's house, which is about an
> hour's drive away, and tried to activate a spare Motorola 120C that a
> friend gave me a couple of months ago.
> Verizon flat-out refused to turn it on, saying that it isn't E911
> compliant, and that their system won't activate any phone that doesn't > comply.

Such rules create mindbogging "logic". Better no phone, hence no means to call 911, than a phone that may connect you to the wrong 911-callcenter.


My e-mail-address is sokolov [at] gmx dot net

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