> Getting back to the issue, what is wrong with wanting a data pre-paid pack
> that expires along the same timespan as the voice calls?

Nothing wrong with it, I'd also like free calls for the rest of my life, but
unlikely to get it.

> That is what I'd prefer. But as I am on post-paid and I rarely use the
> data side of NextG I don't bother buying a data pack. And because PAYG is
> so expensive I don't use it. Rather, I do, but I restrict it to the free

So buy a SMALLER data pack, not the largest one possible!

Almost everyone will save cash with a data pack