Motorola V710

h34d said:
anything coming to the phone is charged as a text message unless it is a vid or pix message.

Even thought it's being sent to my e-mail address at MSN and not my number?

I'm going to call Verizon to make sure.

NO NO NO....i thought you meant going to your phones email address....if your checking your msn hotmail or aol mail through the web, then no there is no charge for sending or recieve those....

Thanks alot h34d, appreciate your time!

sure no prob....i supported that so im used to it...

h34d said:
sure no prob....i supported that so im used to it...

I called Verizon to make sure and they said that writing an e-mail from your MSN, Hotmail, or AOL e-mail address from your phone does not get charged as a text message.

I'm one happy ***in' camper 😁

see told you... 😲 🤣 😛 just trust me, i dont answer if im not sure about something.

I'm just paranoid ☹️

why would it? you're just using airtime minutes when you're on wap..it'd use the same minutes as if you were looking up sports scores or weather..it doesn't go through the same service as text messages do

Your right, I was just paranoid, you know how Verizon is, wanting to charge for everything, lol.

yeah i know what you mean, i'm hoping they don't sneak some hidden charges in that free wap i'm using!

The problem you guys using free wap is the phone uses the national access connection to connect....since your not paying for that connection you start getting charged for data minutes on your bill...I have talked to customers who where do this very thing where they had the feature on the account but it was a no charge (which is only for pix message)...and out of the blue on there bill they had charges for like $300 of data calls, grant they also where using there phone as a modem for there laptop but the connection is the same...That is what i would be paranoid about....Ill check to see if the phone has the option to change connection speeds so you MIGHT can change over the the QNC connection which uses airtime minutes...Let me find out whic...
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what do you mean national access connection? i've never heard of that

its the actual name of the connection that the phone uses to send and receive pix messages...it also uses it for connection to WAP.

so why would it use a national connection? i don't understand why they would charge for data calls, would it work like 'get it now' surfing

yes but there is no feature to add onto your account for GIN surfing, there is an option $5/mth for Mobile web though...

can you find out somehow if the we're getting charged for the free wap? you obviously understand this more than me, i'll just stay off the wap until i find out for sure

ill find out tomorrow when i get back to work..

cool..thank you much

OK, my paranoid ass called Verizon to ask all these questions.

Verizon has Mobile Web 2.0 for $4.99 a month.

We are using WAP without paying $4.99 a month because we are not using Verizon's WAP gateway.
So basically, Verizon charges $4.99 a month to use their gateway.

Clear? OK.

Now, when were browsing with our "free" WAP we are using our minutes, as if it were a regular phone call, therefore, if we have Unlimited Nights $ Weekends and use it during Nights and weekends then we won't have to worry about anything, such as going over your minutes and what not.

Clear? OK.

If someone gets overcharged it's not because they're using free WAP and somehow Verizon found a way to charge them, it's because they used their free WAP ...
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you asked them about the free wap right?

No, I didn't tell them I using free WAP, lol.

I asked how they charge WAP usage.

someone on here was saying that by not connecting to their servers our free ones may be connecting to the national network and we can be charged for data calls

Hmmm, I'm lost now.

Now they question is...

What are data call and how are those charged?

if you look at your bill you can see the different kind of calls..a data call is when you use the wap, get it now, use phone as modem, etc..anything other than talking on it pretty much..the free server we 'dial into' might be somewhere where verizon doesn't have service and when we call into it we might be getting charged a ton

Ya know...I was thinking.

People have been using free WAP since the LG VX6000 days...if Verizon would have been charging it as data calls or whatever I'm sure people wouldn't have continued using it...People have free WAP on the LGVX600, LGVX7000, Motorola T720/30 and now on out Motorola V710. I'm sure it's how I explained before...

Verizon has Mobile Web 2.0 for $4.99 a month.

We are using WAP without paying $4.99 a month because we are not using Verizon's WAP gateway.
So basically, Verizon charges $4.99 a month to use their gateway.

Clear? OK.

Now, when were browsing with our "free" WAP we are using our minutes, as if it were a regular phone call, therefore, if we have Unlimited Nights $ Weekends and us

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i'm sure you're right..which is awesome, someone that works for verizon is checking on it tomorrow when he goes into work..

voxel5000 said:
i'm sure you're right..which is awesome, someone that works for verizon is checking on it tomorrow when he goes into work..

That's great, I'll check back tomorrow to see what he says.

Yeah, it is awesome, I only use it during nights and weekends so it's fine and bieng able to check my MSN e-mail and send e-mails. Great time killer.

There are tons of great WAP sites which you can find in WAP directories if you do a search. There are even WAP games and stuff.

me too..nights and weekends is the only time i usually have to play around with it..i've been using yahoo and google's wap site..i'm still searching around for other cool sites..it's great to send and receive email from my regular accounts now (and free!)

can't seem to get away from the vzw wap signup when I try to access other wap gateway as lister yesterday-- any address or config info appreciated