Text Messaging Plans - Which plan would be best for me?

I tried looking all over the Verizon website but only found nation-wide plans for text messaging.
I currently pay $9.99 Data Package (Mobile Email) which I hardly use for my Samsung Reality phone. I saw that the offer said "Mandatory Data Package" so I asked the Best Buy Verizon representative there - he told me that even when Verizon says it's "mandatory", there are ways to get around it and that it wasn't mandatory. SO I foolishly thought he canceled it for me, later to find out we were billed for the $9.99 package. I called Verizon but to no avail, I was told it was mandatory. Enraged, I decided to just make the best of it. :'(
1. Can I replace the $9.99 Data Package with a text messaging plan instead?
2. What text messaging plans are available, and how much do they cost?
3. Are there any text messaging plans that cover all four lines for me and family members? Or two? - Perferably cheapest and limited.
Reasons:
- My parents (two lines) don't see it necessary to use text messaging. So maybe a text messaging plan for two lines (for my sister and me).
- I know there are times when sending a text is much more convenient and for college, I keep finding it more and more useful to have (i.e. professors that accept texts as urgent communication, texting a roommate or friends to ask a quick question without having to feel as if you've called them in class or at a wrong time, etc .. and also to text my family to let them know I'm okay when we're all busy with our lives (calling would be best of course!)) - (as well as it's social benefits ;D ) SO I'm wondering if there is any plan that would best fit the needs of my family members & myself.

If you have Talk minutes only you can add:
$5/mo for 250 texts (sent and received)
$10/mo for 500 texts PLUS unlimited texts M2M
$20/mo for 5000 texts PLUS unlimited M2M
This is per line, and each line on a family plan can have its own bundle.
It makes more sense to bump up to the Talk & Text plan and get unlimited texting on all lines, if you have 3 or more phones and everyone likes to text! You have to determine what you can afford, how much texting you will do to figure out what will work for you.
If you can get by with 250 texts a month, the $5 plan may work (but they go fast, believe me!!)  For $10, you can have 500 texts plus all your texts between you and your sister and other Verizon phones are not part of the 500 limit, they are unlimited.
For $30 (the cost increase from the Talk plan to the Talk & Text plan), all of the phones on your family plan will  have unlimited texting to anyone on any network.  My suggestion would be to try the limited plans first, then bump it up if you keep getting close or going over your limit.

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