Yes that is correct everyone, I have purchased a BlackBerry Passport from Blackberry, and tried to hook it up to Verizon's Network. However what everyone doesn't know is that Verizon purposely does not ALLOW Any phone on its network that doesn't have CDMA certification (or No CDMA). Basically if you have a 4GLTE phone with all the bands (like the Passport) your OUT OF LUCK! Why? Because Verizon has not chosen to adhere to FCC ruling to allow out of market phones on their network. The ruling came down Lets see HOW MANY MONTHS ago? I have prob. cooked my own goose with this post in trying to get my device connected, but I want everyone to know.
I personally don't actually want to leave Verizon as they have a terrific network where I live, and I never have an Issue, but at this juncture I feel i have no choice. The passport works on every other network in the USA (as long as its not a Verizon network, and I have not tried Sprint yet).
I am sure if enough people rise up and force Verizon to flip that little switch (and allow non verizon phones without CDMA) I am sure they can retain some customers, but for me it looks like AT&T is getting my business either tomorrow or the Next.
Verizon you have my IMEI, make it work and Ill stay I promise. If not you loose both phones to AT&T or T-mobile.
PS its prob best if a regular rep doesn't answer this, because seeing the response of "Sorry to see to see you go" is OLD. I would like a REAL response from a REAL network engineer that will give me a real answer.
