"Tiffany S." <NiceTiffany@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:16329-457046FC-500@storefull-3233.bay.webtv.net...
>I just downloaded the Backup Assistant application from Get It Now in
> response to the e-mail I had received promoting free use of it if I am a
> member of "My Account." (May I assume that most, if not all, of the
> participants in this group are Verizon subscribers, and as such had also
> received the e-mail?)
>
> The website CLEARLY warns in at least two places that although the $1.99
> monthly fee is waived for "My Account" members, standard TXT messaging
> rates DO apply -- the AutoSync feature has the server "wake-up" the
> mobile phone with updates that originate from my PC by sending the phone
> a TXT message.
>
> In four separate phone calls to Verizon -- and also a trip to my local
> Verizon store where I spoke with someone who claims to have worked with
> Backup Assistant for the past couple of years (before it was offered as
> a free service), I was told by both Customer Service reps and Tech
> Support reps that TXT messaging charges are NOT levied because Backup
> Assistant does not use TXT messaging -- that the website warning is
> WRONG.
>
> However, I still have an uneasy feeling that, even though the updates
> themselves may not involve messaging, the AutoSync "wake-up" feature
> DOES.
>
> I realize that no one has had a chance to try the *free* feature yet,
> but can anyone confirm whether Backup Assistant AutoSync incurs TXT
> messaging charges?
>

Just installed it on the two phones in my family plan. Got billed 10
centavos for one TXT message.

Butch