AFAIK the only branding VF do is add the VF360 bit I have been using wifi all over the country and my data usage is still 0 bytes as I make sure I only connect to internet reliant apps when on wi-fi I currently have 2 N900's as VF are pretty useless and supposedly a 3rd one on its way LOL one of them was from CPW though and is completly unlocked and unbranded