SirKronan,
I can understand your frustration. I really can. But one of your assumptions is incorrect: that is, I was never here to make friends or build a reputation to begin with. What people see or learn about the persona "Tarrant" is immaterial to me. VZW was my target, not you or anybody else here, and although I was simply one of many making the effort, as of tomorrow when the OTA release kicks off, we've now received what we'd wished for. Mission accomplished, and now it's time to switch off.
To your credit, you made some great arguments, and I'm sure many here appreciated that. But nothing you could have said would have changed my position, because my goal required that I maintain that position.
It wasn't personal. Take care!