Forced Data Plan's

Why must Verizon force a data plan on its customer's just because they want a nice phone.  I have 5 phones on my plan and its upgrade time.  If I get 3G Multimedia capable phones I must pay for a Data pkg that we do not want or will ever use.  This Data pkg is not used when making a normal calls or texting.  We looked at the Samsung Alias 2 when it orginally cameout and it didnot require a data pkg.  Now that we are ready to buy it suddenly needs a data pkg.  Verizon make the data plan optional or I'm going to take my 5 phones to sprint, along

Bluedevil_2014 wrote:
Maybe you know, is there a data charge for Back up Assistant?. I have been told yes and no.
When you initially download and install backup Assistant to your phone, it uses a small amount of data ($1.99 will be the one time charge if you are on a PAYG plan, or it will be taken from your 25 BM allottment if that is what you have.  It's less than 1 MB though.
After that, there is no charge for backup assistant when you have a MyVerizon account.  That only makes sense because part of Backup Assistant is to view your contacts, edit them, import and export to CSV files, through your MyVerizon account.  Your contact list is automatically backed up every day based on the schedule you set, and your contacts are always available online, or on a file you can save on your computer.

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