The other day I tried to activate my 9930, because my Classic is just too big sometimes, and got a message from Verizon that said they are no longer activating that phone to make room for improvements on their networks.
I did some light digging and found that apparently Verizon quietly (for the dozens of people that cared) stopped activating 3G devices some time last year.
So I guess now my 9930 is just a paperweight? To say nothing of all of my JM1s!