[kode_poet]

I have verizon and I use the both, winmodem and the Internet Sharing app. Both work well and solid under WinXP SP2. All I have to do is initiate the internet sharing app, then the phone connects to the data network (you know its connected if you see the 2 small arrows blinking on your signal indicator on your phone). Then once its connected I plug my phone to the USB cable and windows gets an IP address. There isnt much to it. My guess is that either your phone is not connecting to verizons data network or you machine is not recognizing the phone as an internet sharing device.