Hello,

I am considering signing up to Verizon GlobalEmail.

http://b2b.vzw.com/international/Glo...ail/index.html

For those experienced, I would appreciate views on the following:

(1) Overall views on the service, mainly experience using data (web surfing, etc) abroad and propensity (or not) for hidden charges.

(2) I am currently not in the US, but wanted to order it to a friend's house in the US and then have it shipped over. Verizon suggests to get device setup before travel to ensure it will work OK. Is this necessarily the case? Can I just set up while abroad or does this need to take place while in the US?

Thank you...