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Originally Posted by BobR
But now I'm wondering if I might get really lucky... I cancelled the $25/mo for 10meg plan today. And have no per meg service. My CSR said there is no way to be charged for data connection now. (Of course that wouldn't include things like SMS message charges.) Yet I still seem to be able to connect so far. Are they still going to charge me, or does it take time to disconnect, or (be still my heart) do I get unbilled service? I suppose if I get lucky and have free service, I might stick to just WAP browsing to be fair. Or I might not! We'll see when I figure it out in a couple of months from the billing.
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At least with the Treo 600, there is a way to get data without paying for an extra data plan, and it seems like you may be hooked up with that option right now. I would not wait until your bill arrives to find out.
Verizon has an unpublicized option where instead of charging data by megabyte, it comes off as minutes from your monthly allotment. This is great if you use the phone mostly at night or on weekends, when all of the minutes are free. For some people like me, who use the data stuff mostly on weekends and at night, it's great, and since I'm not paying for any data plan, Verizon is actually cheaper than the other carriers.
However, you HAVE to be careful, because the Treo doesn't automatically disconnect (and if you see little arrows above the bars, you *ARE* connected even if you aren't doing anything), and you can quickly run over your weekday daytime minutes and run up a bill of more than $1,000. If you're doing this, get Battery Doctor. Now. It'll automatically disconnect you after a set amount of time.
You can find more information here:
http://mytreo.net/treo600faq/VerizonNoDataPlan
One person's experience:
http://www.zacheverson.com/Blog/200...e-treo-600.html
Click on comments to get more info and more links.