I use the poor man's friend, the TracFone (which I recently found out is owned by *ta-da* T-Mobile). The per-minute rate is awful, but since I rarely use it, I could care less. I'm just not a 'gab on the phone' person; I'm more of an "I'm on my way; bye" person. So it just makes sense to me. Although, I must admit, the idea of getting a phone that doubles as an MP3 player has started to appeal....