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Re: AT&T does this too said by NetFixer:I found a work around by changing the internet access settings to bogus values (at least in the phones currently on my account that I don't want to have internet access). Possibly Verizon phones can be similarly mis-configured to disable internet access? The APN (access point name) setting. I have never had a CDMA2K phone (VZW, Sprint, Bell Mobility, etc) so I don't know for sure, but AFAIK only GSM/UMTS/etc phones and networks (TMO, ATT, Rogers, etc) use that setting.
My carrier (TMO) does not have billed-by-usage data. You either have a monthly data plan or have zero Net access. The only exception is when someone does have a data plan and roams outside of the country (which the majority of the population don't anyway  ), in which case mangling the APN is a quick-and-dirty hack to prevent unexpected data charges. | |
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| said by broccoli:The APN (access point name) setting. I have never had a CDMA2K phone (VZW, Sprint, Bell Mobility, etc) so I don't know for sure, but AFAIK only GSM/UMTS/etc phones and networks (TMO, ATT, Rogers, etc) use that setting. Actually, I tried to change that on the two phones I needed to block internet access, but those settings were read only and could not be changed. What I did was set the browser to use AT&T IMS instead of MEdia Net WAP. I then disabled the AT&T IMS service (which the phone did allow me to do). AT&T did not want to make it easy to avoid the bogus internet access charges.
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