I activated my VZW 600 without a data plan and through the help of this forum I'm able to dial into my SBC/yahoo account. I've got my phone set to Virtual Modem with speed >115 and I'm dialing into a 56k number. When I do a speed test with dslreport I get 11 kbits/sec. Is the the same as 11k? Should it be, or can I make it faster (without a data plan)?

I think it's slower because you're connecting to an ISP outside of Verizon's network.

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How does this slow it down? Is it Verizon's network that is the bottleneck? Is it any different than if I used my SBC landline to dial into the same number?

I believe the fastest the dialup speed is over cellular is 14.4k. So, it is different than dialing into your ISP over a SBC landline.

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I tested the dial-up with several providers (speakeasy, bellsouth, etc.) and never got more than 11 kbits/sec. Then I configured the QNC (user: qnc, password: qnc, number: #777) and I get from 50 to 110 kbits/sec.

I dont have a data plan either so they should not charge me extra for that and it should only use my available minutes, but I'm still waiting for an invoice since I started using it to make sure...

Sounds like you might have the pay as you go data plan because I made sure no data plan was activated for me and I can not even access the qnc connection. Apparently because of the lack of data plan I also can't e-mail pics.

BTW, I always get the exact speed of 11 kbits/sec. No variation at all.