Don't WANT/NEED a data plan

I am due for an upgrade to my phone and I'd like something with a bigger screen (51 year old eyes). I like the Droid (my son has one), but I literally have NO need for a data plan. Voice and text serves my needs, I have a computer at home and I just don't NEED a data plan.
We've been with Verizon for about 5 years now and up until this point, have loved the service, quality, etc. We've been quite happy with the customer service, they have worked with us when we needed it and now? I am getting absolutely nothing for being a 'valued' customer. I'm not asking for a free data plan, I just want the choice of whether or not to get one when I get a new phone. I like the size of the phone itself. My current phone is web capable and in 2+ years that I have had it, I have used the web twice...for weather. That's it. I am beginning to resent being told that I have to do something in order to get a phone that fits my needs. It takes forever to find a new phone for my husband as he wants a phone. Camera is fun to have, but he does NOT text (he barely will email).
Is it really too much to as for my wireless company to give me what I want/need and stop demanding that I do what they want? Before I upgrade, I'll be doing research on a new company.
Unhappy.

mdram4x4 wrote:
they started requiring a data plan because they got tired of people saying "why am i being charged for data, i only accidently hit the button", after all thise accidnts theings got costly. it was costing alot of man hours in cs to negotiate with people
so dont blame verizon, blame the users
If that were the case, the data plan would have been required on ANY phone which has the capability of incurring a pay-as-you-go data charge, which, for the record, is any phone in Verizon's line-up for the past couple years as far as I can recall, from the basic Motorola W385 all the way up to today's fanciest feature phone, the Kins.
When Verizon made the decision to pair their most popular feature-type phones (then called 3GMM) with their least popular (but probably most profitable) small data package, they were making a decision designed to provide them with an increased stream of steady revenue for very little effort with no capital investment.
Verizon has (and did have then) the tools to fix the problem of accidental data charges without increasing customer costs.  They could have required customers to "opt-in" to the paygo data plan, or only given refunds for the first complaint IF the customer chose a data package or a full data block. 
Instead, they chose the easiest path to the highest revenue.  You shouldn't blame the customers for a company's decision to maximize their profits.

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