[pezx44]

They didn't lie to you, the person you talked to just didn't know any better. I ran into the same confusion on their part when I was taking a trip out of the country and requested that they suspend my ability to connect to their network. They kept insisting that it was pointless and I just shouldn't bring my phone if I wasn't going to connect to the network. I told them that I was still going to use my phone with wifi for Skype. They told me I wouldn't be able to do that if I couldn't connect to the network and that if I did I would be charged. Some of the people at customer service just aren't taught the difference between wifi and evdo and get confused. I'm sure it wasn't anything malicious when some told you you would be charged.