Wouldn't the open-access conditions of the 700 MHz band force Verizon to play along - at least to the point of activating phones purchased elsewhere? Or to put

Wouldn't the open-access conditions of the 700 MHz band force Verizon to play along - at least to the point of activating phones purchased elsewhere? Or to put it another way, if they've really stopped playing nice, wouldn't Google end up making that argument?