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I'm in Canada now with my family. If we turn on our phones, I expect a couple hundred text messages will come pouring in. I don't doubt your honesty or intelligence (my whole point in starting this thread is that I doubt Verizon's honesty and intelligence), but If I get billed for those messages, my only defense is your post and a poorly worded page on Verizon's website, while Verizon will likely be able to produce a recording of a CSR telling me that text messages received in Canada WILL be billed. I'm not willing to take that chance. I have no option of deciding if/when I want to use the phone under roaming rates. The moment I turn it on, text messages come in whether I want them or not, and I have to pay for them. I explained to them that my main concern was text messages, and they tried to get me to switch temporarily to a Canada plan, but after they went through the whole sales pitch about voice, I finally pulled them back on topic and they admitted that I would still have to pay extra for texts. My original grip still stands - it's impossible to get a straight answer from these people about anything.

Well, that seemed to state pretty clearly that texting from Canada would be the same as if I were in the US. I just got off the phone with Verizon, and they told me it would cost $.20 to receive a message and $.50 to send one. I could temporarily go on a Canada plan but that doesn't include texting. There's no way for me to block incoming texts. My only choice is to turn my phone off.