On 2008-06-06, Dutch <buryit@blackholespam.net> wrote:
> Jong Kim wrote:
>
>> I have a Virgin Mobile cell phone that I purchased on Mon. and I'm
>> having problems activating it to my Sprint network. I spoke with a few
>> of Sprint's tech. support agents and they all said that you need a
>> Sprint phone. They asked for my Virgin cell phone's ID and it didn't
>> work. I read some article on the internet where they said Sprint
>> agreed back on Oct. '07 to allow their subscribers to connect to their
>> network with non-Sprint phones. I know I'm not the only one in this
>> predicament. I hope someone can help me out.
>
> Pretty much all of the major carriers have talked about opening up their
> networks at some point in the future, but I'm not aware of any that have
> actually implemented it yet.

Well, except for T-Mobile, AT&T and Alltel. T-Mobile and AT&T have
always let you use any phone you could slide the SIM card into (they
have no way to prevent it), while I'm told Alltel will let you use any
phone they know how to program if you have the password for the programming
menus.

Verizon and Sprint have been the problems.

Dennis Ferguson