After a few hours of sleep I decided to test the phone again and the Sprint Vision connection is working. I will be using the phone all day so I will have plenty of opportunities to check functionality when I am out and about.
Glad it is finally working (been having the internet problem for about 3 months now).
As for why it decided to start working now, who knows? I left it sync'd to the computer after I went to bed a few hours ago or Sprint finally pushed my account information down to the phone or the gremlins were chased out by the theme I loaded (after all at least my phone could look good even if it does not work).
My thanks to all the posters here and keep your fingers crossed regarding my phone. Just remember, it worked for a day after I first pulled it out of the box and then stopped working.
P.S. I hope you are happy...I have been fighting the urge to get a personal smartphone for some time and now this one is working again I feel my willpower weakening. I wonder if they can hold a forum community liable for accessory to murder if my wife kills me when I buy one?