The only thing i can think that they mean when saying you can check your messages online, is the messages you send via the online service. You can send text messages from your verizon online account, but I haven't seen were you can read messages that came from your mobile device. My boyfriend is the owner of my verizon Phone and he has way more access than I do. I swear he is reading my text messages, because he always acts differently right after I've been texting with one of my male friends. Very Strange.