Some also caution that on the Verizon network, my
Nexus 7 will connect only if LTE is available; it
will not be able to fail down to slower speeds
as it could on other networks. True; that is how
my Chromebook Pixel works and I am willing to live
with the limitation for the price.
I don't think it's a rehash. Your original comment makes it seem as though Jarvis was expecting LTE plus CDMA fallback, but the quoted portion from his post says he understands there is no fallback and that he only wants LTE.
Yes, but that still leaves the issue of why Verizon would issue you a Nexus 7 SIM while denying officially they can do so, multiple times:
