said by Packeteers:my guess is Verizon is hedging their bets. if they can't prevents us from unlocking our phones by law and using them elsewhere, then they would want to recope as much of the phone cost as possible.
Well unless you do not plan on actually using your Verizon phone for calls and texting then sure you can take it elsewhere. Sorry but calls and texting still use CMDA which are useless on any GSM network. Even on Sprint's CDMA network Verizon uses a different frequency so once again uses. So basically you phone would be just a mini tablet in which case GET A TABLET.
I'm not sure why the pro-unlocked phone supporters don't get this point yet.