Re: Moving from Virgin Mobile to Sprint contract?

In article <83842694.0405312116.1ac34f69@posting.google.com >,
steve_evans@excite.com (Steve Evans) wrote:

> I've been using a Virgin Mobile phone for 18 months now and find my
> minutes creeping up to $40/month in usage, primarily in the evenings
> and weekends. I expect a minimal Sprint contract would save me a few
> bucks and expand my N&W talking time. Anyone know if I can move from
> Virgin to Sprint (since it's the same network) using the same phone?
> Or does Virgin do something special with the phone that prevents this?

SprintPCS generally will only activate SprintPCS branded cell phones.

rmarkoff@faq.city (R=F8bert=A0M.) wrote:
> SprintPCS generally will only activate
> SprintPCS branded cell phones.

That is absolutely correct. One could come to that conclusion that you
could activate a Virgin Mobile phone on a Sprint PCS contract plan, but
VM uses different phone software and its web browser would be
incompatible with what Sprint offers now.

Eric