스프린트 폰으로 Boost Mobile, Virgin Mobile 등 스프린트 네트워크 선불제 통신사로 사용이
가능하게 되었지만 여전히 혼선이 많아 시간이 필요하다는 요약입니다.
Sprint MVNO Ting confirmed in a blog post that Sprint is now allowing its MVNOs to activate any fully paid for Sprint network phone as long as it hasn't been reported lost or stolen. Up to now Sprint had been blocking the activation of newly released phone models on its MVNOs until 12 months after that model's launch on Sprint. In addition, Boost and Virgin Mobile phones are also now officially allowed on Sprint MVNOs for the first time.
Although this generally good news, there seem to be as many gotchas with Sprint MVNO activation as ever. Ting says that many phones that were eligible under the old rules are now failing Sprint's validation. That's because Sprint seems to have tightened up their definition of what constitutes the customer owing them money. It used to be that phones weren't blacklisted until a previous owner's unpaid bill went to collections. Now it looks like Sprint will not clear a phone for MVNO use until its owner has paid their final bill. As a result, phones are failing activation when the final bill hasn't been paid because the customer hasn't received it yet! That makes porting a Sprint number and phone simultaneously impossible.
Their also seem to be bugs in either Sprint's or Ting's new processes for validating that phones are eligible for activation. Many devices that should meet the requirements for activation, including iPhones from the Apple Store and Nexus phones from the Google Play Store, are failing as financially ineligible.
Ting also revealed that Sprint is requiring Boost and Virgin Mobile phones to be used on Boost or Virgin for 12 months before they can move to an MVNO, making that option a lot less attractive than it could be.
At this point there's a lot of uncertainty as to which phones can and can't work on Sprint MVNOs. Hopefully, in a few weeks, the bugs will be fixed and everyone will have a clearer understanding of the new rules. In the meantime, Ting recommends that prospective BYOP customers only use the Ting ESN checker as other checkers may not have been updated to be aware of Sprint's new financial eligibility requirements.
