Text Messaging Rumors

Would you know if it's true or not? I can't contact verizon and ask them myself for certain reasons. ;P

would be nice to limit who can/cant text you...have a few people that insist on forwarding chain text messages and i cant stand it.

The above listings might fall under the chaperone feature if its true about theie release. Being able to set the number of text messages received and sent makes a good marketing selling point. A parent's dream come true.

You can already block certain numbers. Just call up verizon and tell them and they'll block the number.

That would be a good point, and I did call up verizon and ask about it and they said it's false, for a first reason of not being able to keep record of that many text messages. However, chaperon would make sense.

Don't believe rumors, however this one might have some ground. Check the news tomorrow....... not that i would know anything about this....

To see who text messages are being to sent to and received by, go to your Verizon account online. You can see the date time and the telephone number. You can even block numbers from your account online. This is applicable only for personal accounts. If your mobile number is billed under a business account you will not have access to the same information.

i use the Verizon wireless website (My Account) for everything, usage, i pay my bill, check out some news, good website for surfing. One could find out about features and applications, i order my DARE off the website.

The Verizon website gives some good details about the navigator and chaperone.

it may not be a rumor, i checked into the Verizon website and it has a usage control page with filter controls. Photo of the Verizon web page click on the link below

the first two are possible.. it's standard... do you not use texting?
and the third one would be a nice feature.. i agree that it'd be a good selling point.

This was sent to me by a friend, √erizon updates;


Today Verizon announced an update to its Chaperone parental tools. The service allows parents to track the whereabouts of their children with Verizon's phones. It can now provide turn-by-turn directions in VZ Navigator to the child's location. Parents can also get the location of multiple childrens' phones at the same time. It also allows parents to set up SMS alerts and other notifications when their children leave predetermined zones where they are allowed to be. Verizon also added usage controls, so parents can set limits for voice minutes used per month, test messages sent/received per month, and how much can be spent on games, ringtones or other content. Chaperone 2.0 costs $10 per line and the usage controls cost $5 per month.

Yes i caught your post, i posted this brief here so subscribers to this thread may catch a glimpse of the update, i was going to post your link for a full reference but you beat me to it..lol

they dont block numbers...least they told me they couldn't. you have to do it yourself, if you have a phone that is capable of blocking numbers....which they said there aren't that many of them out there.

I'd be happier with a cheaper txt plan.