I am on a family plan grandfathered in from Alltel. My father's the signee on the plan and I have been trying to get him to agree to move to a data plan so I can get a smart phone. I mean I have the /original/ Razr, for crying out loud.

Today I went to Best buy and explored some options. Our last contract will be out in November and the representative at Best Buy strongly encouraged us to wait til then to make a decision, as, she said, Verizon has announced plans to unveil a new type of plan this summer, one that will 'revolutionize family plans/data plans'

She also recommended this website as a great place to research phones when we're ready to commit. I thought perhaps it would be a good place to ask if anyone knew what this 'revolutionary' new plan might be?

We don't /have/ to stick with Verizon. After November, we have no contract so we can go to any carrier. I like Sprint's unlimited Data because I am pretty sure I could go over 10 gb by myself. I was hoping I could get some insight on what changes might be coming up this fall to make data/family plans a better option than they are now. WHat might be changing?