Verizon Treo 650 - Treo Forums

d4ster3 · 01-24-2007, 02:58 PM

just trying to find out if verizon is tryin to scam me or not...verizon told me that with a 650 i need to either buy a $45 per month package for the internet or put a block on it so my phone cant access the internet...problem is, somethin is screwed up and my phone wont work with the block on, it will only pick up a signal if the block is off..verizon tells me that without the block or the plan, my phone can access the internet by itself without a cutoff time and my bill would be outragous if my phone connected without me knowing.. ive heard it is more like a scam...i dont need the internet and i wont ever get on it, so does anyone have a treo without the package or the block??

d4ster3 · 01-25-2007, 10:01 AM

someone else posted this on another forum, anyone know if it will work?

"What you can do, is take the block off, get the pay by the KB plan, and then set up a "fake" service for your treo to try and access.
Go to Prefs, Network, menu, new. Set up any type of network you want, and give it a name. Then, click on the "service" dropdown menu and select your new network. As long as that is selected, and National Access is NOT then you will be fine.
You can test it out by opening "web" and you should get a message that says "you need to connect to the internet to do this" tap yes, and then you should get some type of network error message. If you do, you are golden!

robert93 · 01-26-2007, 01:00 AM

Funny how providers think just because you want a PDA phone that you HAVE to have a data plan. Sprint tried to pressure me into getting a data (Vision) plan when I first bought my now antique i300. For economic reasons I declined, and have not unknowingly incurred any data charges in the time since. Even funnier is the concept that some providers want to tell you how you can use a data connection, or sell you a package assuming thats the only reason one would use data connections. The bogus network connection is a creative way to deal with the problem. Is it possible to set the phone to "warn/ask before connection" and "disconnect at session end" to avoid excessive usage?