I should really call the support line and see if it will work. But I
have no intention of re-enabling data or text.
Chuck Norcutt
On 10/28/2010 11:06 AM, Scott Gomez wrote:
> It depends on what phone and plan you have, Chuck. It's pre-installed on
> many current phones, and there are data plans that account for different
> patterns of usage. If one intends using data at all, it's far better to add
> a data plan than not, because of the pricing structure.
>
> Re: text messages: It should be flat-out illegal for the cellular providers
> to charge the recipient of a text message. I've never understood how that's
> allowable, as the recipient has little or no control available from those
> same providers over incoming texts.
>
> On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Chuck Norcutt<
> chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I wasn't sure what you were talking about so did a little digging and
>> see that you're talking about Verizon Backup. It's not exactly free.
>> You are first charged for a 1MB data download to get the app. and then
>> standard messaging and text messaging rates apply. I have no other need
>> for data or text messaging so I had requested some time ago that Verizon
>> block both data and text from my phone. The reason is that I had been
>> charged several dollars for data transfer once and have no idea what the
>> charge was for. I certainly never deliberately sent of received data (I
>> don't know how). I was also being billed 10 cents each for text
>> messages. But I never send text messages (I don't know how) and the
>> only text messages I have ever received were obnoxious spam. Since
>> these services have been disabled at my request, AFAIK, I am unable to
>> use the backup service.
>>
>> Perhaps if I visit their office they'll do it for me as they did when
>> they transferred my contacts from my old phone to the present one.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
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