On December 26 Mark Richter wrote: > I just signed up for Verizon's America's >Choice plan with 400 anytime minutes and unlimited nights (after >9 PM) and weekends, plus 1000 verizon mobile to verizon mobile >minutes, for $40 a month. I chose the Kyocera 2235 phone >(relatively simple) with the Mobile Office Kit, which allows me >to connect to the internet without any ISP but Verizon, no extra >charge. >I connected yesterday (holidays are also unlimited minutes) for >70 minutes and was able to surf a little, but had trouble >navigating from one web site to another. I'll be very curious to find out about the actual charges on this. We have Cingular and have been told that when we are using the cell phone as a modem we will be charged "anytime minutes" whatever time we are using it. There ARE no "free" nights or weekends with it, in other words. We have one of those nifty little Motorola V60T phones, and I suspect that's where the difference will be. On our old Nokia there was no difference in charges, whether we were on the phone or on the laptop connecting to the internet. It was also a lot slower. Keep us posted, Mark. Peggy Bjarno "Aqua Vitae" 1986 Albin 43' Kent Narrows, MD