I just got off the phone with a Verizon Wireless CSR who told me that, even if I terminate my Earthlink Wireless contract, I would not be able to use an Earthlink BBY 7250 with Verizon Wireless because the device is "locked" and only Earthlink would be able to "unlock" it, that is, if they choose to do so.

Maybe I need a primer from someone here about what this means because logically, the same device that current uses leased Verizon network space should be able to be reprovisioned as a Verizon Wireless BBY...what am I not understanding? I paid for the BBY, so why should it be limited only to the Earthlink provisioning service if I no longer am a subscriber??? It almost sounds illegal...this "locking" scheme.