You can get Verizon to give you a SIM to activate your tablet. The tablet make/model doesn't matter. Getting them to issue the SIM is the hold-up. Find an IMEI number, any IMEI number for any tablet already made for the Verizon Network. Give them that IMEI number, they will do a lookup, find that it's a tablet, issue the SIM, and add $10/month to your bill plus $35 activation. Put that SIM in ANY LTE device you have that has LTE on Verizon's frequencies. You now have a $10/month data-only device, even it it's a MiFi or cell phone. Verizon doesn't offer data-only for cell phones, but this way you can work around the system. You can move that SIM from phone to tablet, tablet to MiFi, back to tablet, doesn't matter. The IMEI number you give them tells them what the device is and what to bill per month for it. This, of course, may change in the future.