[dazzl1113]

This makes a lot of sense to me. I do not have those particular connection options you mention.

When I go to phone settings, I can choose CDMA only, GSM only or Global.

Nothing specific to verizon as you mention so it is likely that this rom will not allow me to use my data functions properly. I assume by "connections" you mean either under Phone Settings - Mode of Operation - to choose (global, gsm or cdma), if I go to the "settings" tab and select "Setup Data Connection" it does nothing, the only thing that is interactive is the on/off slider and if I move it to "on" it immediately slides back to off and gives me the error that #777 could not connect again.

I've downloaded VZW's new 6.5 update and will flash to that upon returning the US, as I will be coming back to Asia in a month.

I'd risk trying it here but Activesync is not recognizing my TP2 via laptop as I think the USB ports on my POS Vaio aren't 2.0.