YOU WIN!
Thank you so much! Is there anything I could've searched for, as a newbie, that would have given me this info? I'm hoping I did a fairly thorough job before wanking for help.
Only other thing I'm wondering about is if I can now install a DCD ROM so I can get off this awful Alltel one, without losing any of my connectivity.
Thanks again.
Grimfel
ps: Quick Poll - Would it be worthwhile for me to distill all this information into a step-by-step guide for migrating from Verizon to Alltel, in case some poor other sucker like myself comes along in the future?