Verizon was on strike & we are now paying for it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have always paid my bill in full, and so when I tell you that my monthly payment went up $20.00, and it's not because of anything I added or created, it's because I am like all the thousands of Verizon customers out there, that are now paying for Verizon's cause, which is to pay their employees more. If you are going to raise the fees at least think about rollover minutes like your competitor, then maybe we can go for an affordable plan.
AM1480

It sounds like your daughter was using a feature phone with the $9.99 data plan (which includes 75MB of data transfer).
A blackberry is a smartphone, and it requires a minimum $29.99/month data plan.  If you added it before July 7th, you are on the unlimited plan for $29.99.  If you added it on or after July 7th, then it is probably on the $30/2GB plan that Verizon recently introduced.
There is no smaller data package for a smartphone currently available.  If you want to reduce your bill, you will have to reactivate a feature phone on that line, or reduce other areas of your bill as you've suggested.
I'd like to point out that this increase has NOTHING to do with the strike by Verizon Residential employees, and you did, in fact, authorize the change when you activated the Blackberry because all Verizon smartphones require a minimum data plan and have for several years. 
It's unfortunate that the rep you spoke with gave you bad information, but there is no way to have a Blackberry with less than a $30/month data plan right now.

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