stevenrp

Ok first things first. Is anyone still able to access the internet using Verizons Express Network without paying a monthly fee and just having it taken off of your plan minutes?

When that info was posted here I called Verizon and confirmed that it was true. But the CSR said my Timeport cell wasn't capable of connecting to the EN. So I waited a couplle of weeks for when I was eligible for a new phone and picked up the LG VX4400. I just called VZ and they again told me that it was all true. She activated it but it didn't work. Kept telling me invalid name/password. So I called tech support. He told me the feature code was blocked. When I told him I was after the no monthly fee express network access that just comes off my minutes, he told me this....

Everybody had access to it but as soon as the billing cycle hit, the system would re-provision the code and turn it off. That it was there for services like the picture phones. That if I had a picture phone and paid for that service then it would work. That or pay the monthly fee for the phone I have now. He also said that your plan minutes are shared between voice and data and that the free nights and weekend minutes do not apply. He told me the reason the CSR's were telling everybody that they can do that was because some of them heard it worked, tried it, and just started telling the customers that it was true.

So I went out and bought a new phone, car charger, case, and USB cable for nothin. Sigh.....Oh well, it's still a new toy.

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