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I actually went to my mothers recently, which no cell phones work (she lives in the mountains and has no landline phone even) And of course, my sprint baranded verizonized touch pro freaked out. I did the usual swap back to my 6800 and tried to swap back which usually works to alleviate the no service issue for me, and my touch pro will not activate.

I called CS, they told me the obvious that the ESN was not in their system but they made a note to have it re-added and they were sorry for the inconvenience. They said it would be no less than 3 days and may take as long as 10. I specifically told the rep that my monthly bill was only slightly less than the ETF and if I could not reactivate my device I would be going ATT. The rep was actually knowledgeable and conceded that it was a BS move and said he would try to personally take care of it. I have been with verizon for almost ten years because of the coverage on the west coast all the way up to alaska. But if they are going to stifle any open-network devices I am going to ATT. I don't care about the dropped calls and slow data, it will not be long before we are all on LTE so might as well bite the bullet.

I give them a week, if they add the ESN I stay. If not, I will be selling a Sprint touch pro, XV6800, Q and all my old motorola handsets for bargain pricess to get a Fuze.

My faith is waivering...