from the tweet: "It works w/T-Mobile, A&T & Verizon. Or it's supposed to."
So who's fault is it? I wouldn't put anything pas Verizon (and ATT&T) but maybe Google didn't certify it or whatever
edit: " http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/24/4553054/new-nexus-7-lte-at... Update: We've learned from Google that 3G service will work through HSPA on AT&T and T-Mobile. Verizon users will be left out, however, as a CDMA radio isn't included — only an LTE one. That shouldn't be a huge issue for Verizon users though, as the carrier now has LTE coverage in over 500 markets."
its Verizon's fault. if you put an activated verizon SIM card in it, it works. Verizon is just refusing to sell you a Sim card if you say it's for a nexus 7.
So for Nexus to work, Verizon would have to upgrade their POS (Point of sale) system? If that's the case, seems like a Google problem, device makers should work within existing rules, can't count on ATT and Verizon to upgrade their systems each time a new device comes out.
Either way the OP with "caught red-handed" made it seem like a conspiracy
Its a Verizon problem, because the FCC rules they agreed to when they bought that spectrum was that they had to allow any device. Not they had to allow devices that had the right code for their POS terminals. There's no technical reason that Verizon should have to update their POS system for every new device, they just need to sell Sims not for use in any specific device.
The contention is that the terms of Verizon's spectrum license require open access. If that's true, the capabilities of their IT systems aren't an excuse. And in any case the whole point of the SIM card design is to allow exactly what the author is trying to do. Every carrier in Europe for the last decade and a half has managed to do this, but somehow the biggest carrier in the US can't be expected to make it work somehow?
> So for Nexus to work, Verizon would have to upgrade their POS (Point of sale) system?
What makes you believe that? Others have reported simply buying an activated SIM and putting it in there, so I can't understand what would make you believe that they have to update their POS systems?
So who's fault is it? I wouldn't put anything pas Verizon (and ATT&T) but maybe Google didn't certify it or whatever
edit: " http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/24/4553054/new-nexus-7-lte-at... Update: We've learned from Google that 3G service will work through HSPA on AT&T and T-Mobile. Verizon users will be left out, however, as a CDMA radio isn't included — only an LTE one. That shouldn't be a huge issue for Verizon users though, as the carrier now has LTE coverage in over 500 markets."