Purchasing AppleCare+ with a carrier preorder?

I preordered my iPhone 4S from Verizon (the AppleStore site wasn't loading yet), but they did not have AppleCare  as an option. Can purchase it from Apple before I activate the phone? The Apple Store site says no, but the terms of AppleCare (section 11(x)) say I can.

That is ridiculous!  Wow.  I called Verizon's 24 hour help number last night and finally got through around 3:40 EDT.  The guy I spoke with had to ask me what the difference between AppleCare and AppleCare+ is, and told me that Verizon hasn't given him any information on AppleCare+ or how to order it.  He couldn't help me out at all.  Verizon's support Twitter account said yesterday that "AppleCare" was going to be available under the iPhone 4s accessories step of the pre-order process.  It most definitely was not there, though, just original AppleCare.  There is still no AppleCare+ on their website.  I tweeted them this morning to ask how this issue could be resolved.  They just responded to me: "I have no info on AppleCare through pre-orders. I have raised this up, and we'll address this issue once iPhone is shipped."  Clearly I'm not about to get anywhere with Verizon soon, let alone before I have the iPhone in my hands.
I'm also not about to cancel my pre-order.  The phone I currently have is completely dead and I haven't done anything about it because I didn't want to screw up my eligibility to pre-order the 4s.  I ordered an iPhone 4s last night without the AppleCare+ through Verizon, after trying for almost two hours, until almost 5:00 in the morning here, to find a way to order it with AppleCare+ because I didn't want to be without a phone for an extra who knows how long if I didn't order right away.  I think it is Apple's responsibility to provide this to people who tried to purchase it, not Verizon's (or AT&Ts' or Sprint's) since their website was on and off not working and when it was working, there was no way to purchase AppleCare+.  I still don't see how people can order it through Apple's website...I have yet to see an 'Add to cart' button to click. 
If only I could get through to Apple to complain...

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