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cnek · 06-02-2005, 12:44 PM

Some hints for using "minutes of use" for Verizon data:
1. Go ahead and change your plan to 450 minutes if you want the extra time. MOU is not a plan per se, but a feature that can be turned on for any "National Access" or "America's Choice" plan. You may need to be persistent with the customer service people. Keep saying, "I do not want a data plan. I want 'minutes of use.'"
2. Some programs like SnapperMail have a feature where they automatically disconnect when they are done.
3. As I said before, get Battery Doctor:
http://www.palmgear.com/index.cfm?fu...1&prodID=60548
It's five bucks. It absolutely saves you from blowing billions of minutes (and $$) when you forget to disconnect.
4. Use #646 to check how many minutes you have left in the current billing cycle.

It sounds like everything will work out, but Verizon does offer a 15-day window for terminating the new service w/o penalty: http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/g...turnPolicy.jsp
It seems that you didn't buy your 650 directly from Verizon, but I imagine that it would still be returnable.

06-02-2005, 12:44 PM	#18
cnek Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2004 Device: Treo 600	Some hints for using "minutes of use" for Verizon data: 1. Go ahead and change your plan to 450 minutes if you want the extra time. MOU is not a plan per se, but a feature that can be turned on for any "National Access" or "America's Choice" plan. You may need to be persistent with the customer service people. Keep saying, "I do not want a data plan. I want 'minutes of use.'" 2. Some programs like SnapperMail have a feature where they automatically disconnect when they are done. 3. As I said before, get Battery Doctor: http://www.palmgear.com/index.cfm?fu...1&prodID=60548 It's five bucks. It absolutely saves you from blowing billions of minutes (and $$) when you forget to disconnect. 4. Use #646 to check how many minutes you have left in the current billing cycle. It sounds like everything will work out, but Verizon does offer a 15-day window for terminating the new service w/o penalty: http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/g...turnPolicy.jsp It seems that you didn't buy your 650 directly from Verizon, but I imagine that it would still be returnable.