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Solve : Am I Getting Free Internet? ? ?? |
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Answer» O... K... ..... I had to call IDT, my former phone company, to tell them to turn off my internet service - my butterfly-icon Explorer that I had through their partnership with Verizon. (I just SWITCHED my phone service to Verizon, but the internet service didn't tranfer automatically.) It has to be off for about 3 days so that it's totally out of Verizon's computer system before they can turn on my internet service as one of their CUSTOMERS directly. I know that it's off because after I LOGGED out, about an hour or so later I tried to log in and I got a popup message saying the account is no longer in effect, and if I click OK the internet connection will close immediately, otherwise it will disconnect automatically in 5 minutes. I found I could shift the message over and get my 5 minutes of what I presume is free service, since the account is closed. I found I could open the window again and get another 5 minutes. Then, while I had butterfly-icon Explorer open I tried opening big-blue E Explorer. It took a while to open, but before it was fully open I was able to search a few sites, and then I chose to log off. It's about 8 hours later. This time I opened big blue e without butterfly icon. This wouldn't work before because I had to have butterfly icon open first. Now it opens without butterfly, BUT WHO IS PAYING FOR THIS SERVICE ? ? ? Am I going to get some whopping big bill from somebody? Who would that be? I don't have internet service through IDT anymore, my phone number is through Verizon, and I don't have internet service through them yet.sounds like they made a mistake Do you connect with a wireless connection? If so, you're probably getting an Internet connection via an unsecured wireless router in some nearby residence or business. No. I have the Verizon modem that was sent to me when I signed up for Verizon's internet partnership with IDT phone service. I'm guessing there's nothing special about the modem, just that it has Verizon's name on it. If I don't physically plug into the phone jack I have no service. (Any time I've ever looked at what wireless connections are near me, even the ones that say unsecured and are at full peak bars, I can't connect to them. The only time I got on line WIRELESSLY was when I first got my computer and had AOL as a provider, I took the laptop to another room and realized I was online before I'd even plugged in to the wall.) well i would say enjoy the loop hole. they probably forgot to physically disconnect your service. But be prepared for a bill as well...enjoy while it last but be sure to report it. I am thinking of the billing... LOL! I got same issue with my telephone (no internet) I told them to disconnect it but did not cut it until they I did not paid if for a month. Funny part is they are asking me to pay the last month of service that they are supposed to disconnect it. |
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