[machold]

A Tale of TELUS
I was zapped with a huge bill of $1000 when I activated my Diamond without a data plan because I wasn't told that the phone would be connected to their data service as pay-per-use. I was given a credit because I didn't know this and instructed on how to disconnect through Setting - Connections.

What I did not know was that every time you flash a new ROM, it reconnects to the Data Service. I realized this when I saw the Weather updating itself regularly. I then disconnected the data service, but still have a $140 charge for thse few days after I flashed. TELUS won't give me a credit.

BEWARE: new ROMs will reconnect you on a pay-per-use basis if you don't have a Data Plan. I'm using Blue ROM 1.7 for Telus; excellent ROM.