I also have the same plan as you and added to my plan (250 messages-Includes Pics) for $5.00 month plus $5.00 for Mobile Web access so my $39.99 plan actually costs $49.99 mo. (+ taxes) which is still less than $59.99.

So if they still offer the 250 messages (which you could add to your PLAN from the My Verizon website) OR unless you want or need more then you could do 500 Messages for $10 mo which will give you 'unlimited' texting Mobile2Mobile (within Verizon) + the additional 500 messages for any of the other networks!

Hope this helps? Patricia