V GNex EOL, 4.2.1 (and 4.2.2/5.0)

Question

Was hoping to get a few questions answered, a number of threads have been started, but I see more speculation and mod-editing than answers.
Regarding 4.2.x releases:
Are these forthcoming from Verizon in the near future?If so, is there an ETA?
Are these being limited due to LTE concerns, or are these being limited due to a clash in ethos between Nexus & Verizon? (i.e. Wallet vs Isis, clean vanilla user-defined experience vs some carriers lust for bloatware, etc.) Is Verizon afraid that folks would side-load apps like Wallet? Would it help expedite the 4.2.x release if they knew that many of us have no interest in paying with NFC?
Regarding the Verizon Galaxy Nexus end of life:
Will this have any impact on future security and functionality-driven releases? (Will the releases still be distributed, albeit on a heavily compromised timeline? While I'm puzzled by 4.2.x's delays, I'm genuinely concerned about 5.x.)
If so, will Verizon be allowing the OS vendor to handle OTA updates for devices that are deemed financially obsolescent, but are in fact still used by hundreds of thousands of customers?
If not, will customers need to rely on unsupported and 'taboo' methods in order to maintain current (albeit potentially compromised by 3rd party) OS security/functionality?
And last but not least:
Is it safe to presume that Verizon will not be supporting Nexus lines in the future?

Answer 1

EvanO_VZW,
Thank you for taking the time to attempt to respond to my inquiry. The website you direct my attention to is a pleasant piece of promotional/marketing. I knew it was the Year of the Snake, but I wouldn't have known that you were celebrating it at Verizon without the link you shared.
To which I say, "Rock, rock on."
Back to the topic & question at hand: I understand that there are legitimate financial reasons (and perhaps operational reasons) for your organization's repeated delays in a timely release of upgrades to the Galaxy Nexus.
That said, these business reasons are in direct conflict to the principle reason why I, and many thousands of your customers, purchased this device recently. This principle reason was highly touted by your company up until very recently. This was to be a Nexus device, updated quickly from the OS vendor with minimal tweaking from your organization. This is not happening.
Please ask your colleagues to remember this; you can tell from the heated comments from this and other threads that your customers are remembering.
I, and many folks, chose to go with this device with this operating system on your network for the following reasons:
We chose the Galaxy device as provided by Samsung (for which Samsung receives money on purchase)
We chose the Android operating system as provided by Google (for which Google receives valuable informatics on our consumer habits.)
We chose your network as it has superb capacity and coverage (for which you get a nice check from us.)
By delay and obfuscation, it becomes apparent that your organization is blurring core service #3 with mission/service that is not necessarily under your purview (1 & 2.) Continued delay and obfuscation on your organzation's part will invariably result in your customers questioning whether your intent relative to the parenthetical benefits of 1&2 above.
I have no interest in Isis. I have no interest in any of your apps. I do like your infrastructure and would like to continue to use your service at the end of our contract's life. Whether I chose to do so, is directly related to your organization's ability to hold up promises made (not inferred, made) when your team sold me this device.