Comments on: Verizon’s “Open Network” initiative just lip service? http://www.intomobile.com/2009/01/06/verizons-open-network-initiative-just-lip-service.html Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:46:44 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: N. Buck http://www.intomobile.com/2009/01/06/verizons-open-network-initiative-just-lip-service.html/comment-page-1/#comment-338088 N. Buck Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:56:59 +0000 http://www.intomobile.com/?p=35169#comment-338088 Piss Piss Piss. Will is correct in his statements. For being so "open" they have kept their mouths CLOSED concerning cell phones. Let's go to the Verizon Wireless website. On here I see . . . OH SNAP . . . Cell Phones! So that means most of Verizon Wireless customers are looking for . . . OH SNAP . . . Cell Phones. That means VW is making money off of . . . OH SHOOT . . . Cell Phones. And to keep that profit rolling they should keep closing their . . . OH JOY! . . . Cell Phones. VW New slogan when LTE rolls out and there are no open phones or 3rd party apps - "Ha, we got you didn't we?" Piss Piss Piss. Will is correct in his statements. For being so “open” they have kept their mouths CLOSED concerning cell phones. Let’s go to the Verizon Wireless website. On here I see . . . OH SNAP . . . Cell Phones! So that means most of Verizon Wireless customers are looking for . . . OH SNAP . . . Cell Phones.
That means VW is making money off of . . . OH SHOOT . . . Cell Phones. And to keep that profit rolling they should keep closing their . . . OH JOY! . . . Cell Phones.

VW New slogan when LTE rolls out and there are no open phones or 3rd party apps – “Ha, we got you didn’t we?”

]]> By: Janet http://www.intomobile.com/2009/01/06/verizons-open-network-initiative-just-lip-service.html/comment-page-1/#comment-332055 Janet Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:33:08 +0000 http://www.intomobile.com/?p=35169#comment-332055 How is it that it's Verizon's fault when it is the global economic crisis that makes funding impossible for anyone to do stuff? Verizon approved AirVoice's phone, but AirVoice doesn't have the money to launch the phone --- not Verizon's fault. How is it that it’s Verizon’s fault when it is the global economic crisis that makes funding impossible for anyone to do stuff?

Verizon approved AirVoice’s phone, but AirVoice doesn’t have the money to launch the phone — not Verizon’s fault.

]]> By: Snidely http://www.intomobile.com/2009/01/06/verizons-open-network-initiative-just-lip-service.html/comment-page-1/#comment-327032 Snidely Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:47:58 +0000 http://www.intomobile.com/?p=35169#comment-327032 Will, how many consumer-focused CDMA devices even exist outside of the traditional manufacturers? Of course industry and business-specific devices would be the first ones approved; that's where the demand is. I always saw the open network as a way for Sprint/Alltel/other CDMA customers to bring their existing handsets to VZ. I doubt VZ will ever go to the trouble of certifying some Sprint verisioned phone as approved. With CDMA in major decline no start-up device manufacturer is going to make CDMA phones without selling them through the carrier channel. Will, how many consumer-focused CDMA devices even exist outside of the traditional manufacturers? Of course industry and business-specific devices would be the first ones approved; that’s where the demand is. I always saw the open network as a way for Sprint/Alltel/other CDMA customers to bring their existing handsets to VZ. I doubt VZ will ever go to the trouble of certifying some Sprint verisioned phone as approved. With CDMA in major decline no start-up device manufacturer is going to make CDMA phones without selling them through the carrier channel.

]]> By: Chris http://www.intomobile.com/2009/01/06/verizons-open-network-initiative-just-lip-service.html/comment-page-1/#comment-326991 Chris Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:15:43 +0000 http://www.intomobile.com/?p=35169#comment-326991 I'm pretty sure the open network policy only applies to the 700mhz spectrum, which hasn't materialized as a network quite yet, but when the 4g lte stuff starts happening hopefully they'll be true to the open network stuff. I believe that was the stipulation put in by the fcc when the bid reached a certain number and why google pushed it up that high. So for now, they don't really have to be open at all. I’m pretty sure the open network policy only applies to the 700mhz spectrum, which hasn’t materialized as a network quite yet, but when the 4g lte stuff starts happening hopefully they’ll be true to the open network stuff. I believe that was the stipulation put in by the fcc when the bid reached a certain number and why google pushed it up that high. So for now, they don’t really have to be open at all.

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