Sandy Foster wrote:

> Pay-as-you-go wouldn't work for us, unfortunately. DH relies on his cell
> phone to keep in contact with his students, who are spread all over the
> place.

What does that have to do with prepaid? Prepaid can be a lot cheaper,
unless he's using a tremendous number of peak and off-peak minutes. If
he's using a lot of minutes, the best deal is the unlimited plan from
Pageplus, which costs about $70 per month, and it's really $70 per
month, not "plus taxes, fees, etc."

> Still, buying a phone that has all of its features available for
> use really sounds good. I'm tired of crippled phones. :S

If money is no object, get the 3G iPhone on AT&T. It's still crippled
though, and without unlocking it you can't use it with prepaid SIM cards
while traveling.

The real issue is how well each carrier works not only in your home
area, but everywhere you'll be traveling to. Every independent survey
shows Verizon with far, far, better coverage than AT&T (Alltel also did
well, but they will soon be part of Verizon as well).