Even with the device provisioning and tower handoffs now being done within the SIM card in LTE enabled devices on Verizon, they still require consent to get any

Even with the device provisioning and tower handoffs now being done within the SIM card in LTE enabled devices on Verizon, they still require consent to get any sort of CDMA signal (which until VoLTE rolls out, includes making phone calls). At least with LTE and SIMs finally on Verizon since 2010, you can activate any device by simply popping in your SIM card, though only if the device already is allowed on their network, since it does checks to verify the MEI[1] number. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_Equipment_Identifier http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_Equipment_Identifier