Thanks for the link. Doesn't make a ton of sense. Clearly could see why it is a good thing for Verizon but not sure why RIM would do it.

So if you are in the US your options are - get the VZW version which runs on EVDO, pay a ton of money for an unlocked Vodafone version that will only run EDGE or wait until Rodgers or AT&T release a 3G version of the Storm - judging by how quickly AT&T is rolling out the Bold that could be 2010.

Oh well.