On Jan 20, 7:34 pm, "Gordon" <g...@cox.net> wrote:
> "John-USN" <mcgrif...@verizon.net.nospam> wrote in message
>
> news:2lPkj.8687$k15.4813@trnddc06...> Hello
>
> > Does VZN allow the purchase of a PDA phone, without purchasing the DATA
> > plan? I need to replace my aging HP IPAQ, and was looking at the Windows
> > Mobile devices that VZN offers....but, I have no need for the data plan. I
> > want to use the VZN PDA to sync with MS Outlook.
>
> > Appreciate your assistance.
>
> > John
>
> At the risk of getting flamed, I have the answer for you.
> I recently did this online after calling customer service.
> The process was I had to select the unlimited plan to order the PDA online.
> VZW told me I could change to a pay as you go soon as I activated the phone.
> Customer sevice also told me to ask for data blocking and to be sure to not
> turn on Active Sync before getting data block.
> (They warned me people have experienced large charges due to Active Sync
> turning on)
> I followed instruction and everything fell into place as advertised - No
> data in and No data out (but WiFi still works cost free).
> Good Luck. This was another positive experience with customer service for
> me.

You can get a pay as you go data plan, but they won't let you keep an
old "non-data" plan. I have a family plan with mobile web ($5 a
month, uses my regular minutes). I inquired and was told I could NOT
keep this plan if I got a smart phone.