jjoshua
Premium
join:2001-06-01
Scotch Plains, NJ
 ·Verizon FIOS
 ·Comcast
| Open != Open
Welcome to 30 years ago.
Does my home phone need to be approved before I can plug it in to the phone jack?
You would think that "open" meant that any device that is compliant with the network protocol should work without Verizon's approval.
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Jonbo298
join:2004-01-12
Council Bluffs, IA
| Is your home phone as advanced as a cell phone? No.
Does your home phone have to be compliant with specific protocols? No. Landlines are all the same.
Verizon is ensuring any phone allowed on their network will not screw up. Would you want alot of pissed off customers because they bought a phone from a company saying its Verizon network capable, but yet it's not.
Without rules in place to pass certification, it would be much worse then it is now. Do I like the fact I can't use any CDMA device? Not too much. But I'd rather have whatever company wants to use their device on Verizon, pass certification.
This is better then it has been. But landline phones are much much less 'sophisticated' then any cell phone out there. |
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
 ·AT&T Southeast
| said by Jonbo298  :Does your home phone have to be compliant with specific protocols? No. Actually, there are ITU standards for many things...including your "home phone".said by Jonbo298 :But landline phones are much much less 'sophisticated' then any cell phone out there. Yes, but the sophistication is really irrelevant with standards are available and equipment is manufactured to this standard. BTW, I agree that VZW needs a certification process to minimize some of the concerns that you pose. |
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itguy05
join:2005-06-17
Camp Hill, PA
| reply to Jonbo298
quote:
Verizon is ensuring any phone allowed on their network will not screw up. Would you want alot of pissed off customers because they bought a phone from a company saying its Verizon network capable, but yet it's not.
Cough GSM Cough
I can take any 850/1900 GSM phone and pop my AT&T SIM in it and make calls on AT&T's network.
Nice Try Verizon - your NOTwork sucks as does your technology choice. |
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DaveNJ
No Fear
join:1999-09-01
New Jersey
·Comcast
·Patriot Media
| said by itguy05 : quote:
Verizon is ensuring any phone allowed on their network will not screw up. Would you want alot of pissed off customers because they bought a phone from a company saying its Verizon network capable, but yet it's not.
Cough GSM Cough I can take any 850/1900 GSM phone and pop my AT&T SIM in it and make calls on AT&T's network. Nice Try Verizon - your NOTwork sucks as does your technology choice. Thats the first thing that came to mind, I can buy a phone anywhere and drop my sim and everything works. With Nokia its auto configured. So there is no effort involved. Plus i can choose which interface i like. The Verizon interface was enough to drive me away. When Verizon catches up with LTE. Maybe i will consider device freedom on Verizon.
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