I got a good deal with T-Mobile. The phone ($99) is a Nokia 6010, and had a $99 instant rebate so it cost me nothing. The plan comes with 1000 anytime minutes and unlimited night and weekend minutes for a base price of $45.99 or something like that. I added 400 text messages for $4. Taxes on the plan should be about another $10. Given that I can blab forever at night and on weekends, it's a pretty good plan. They also have a cheaper plan under that, if you don't need as much talk time.
Their coverage is excellent, and seems to beat Cingular hands down (I used to have Cingular).
Also, LONG DISTANCE and ROAMING are included for no additional charge! I was able to travel to NY and Nantucket from FL and it cost me nothing additional to use my phone. (Roaming charges with Cingular were something like $.79 per minute!
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-blackmind