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Are you serious?

We use My Simple Mobile...

• Unlimited voice
• Unlimited long-distance
• Nationwide
• Unlimited data
• Android phone
• T-Mobile network
• $50/month!! NO CONTRACT!

http://www.mysimplemobile.com/plans-40-unlimited.aspx

The first 250MB are at 4G speeds.

http://www.mysimplemobile.com/

Tru offers a European style plan in the US.
SIMPLE Mobile
Pure Talk Not much in the way of data.

http://www.mysimplemobile.com/ I use simple mobile with my unlocked/jailbroken iPhone. It's $40 for unlimited voice/text/data. Best deal on the market. Only downside is that I don't get 3G data speeds because iPhone is intended for AT&T. But you can get full 3G if you use a phone that was intended for use with T-Mobile. Also, don't buy the SIM card through SimpleMobile -- get one on eBay for $1 (plus free shipping)

Simple Mobile: http://www.mysimplemobile.com/plans-wireless-broadband-plans.aspx

Current T-mo customer here as well. I hopped on with T-Mo when I bought my N900 (love it!), and have really loved interacting with the company since. When I heard about the T-mo merger with AT&T I started having flashbacks to when Cingular got bought by AT&T and my optimism died a little bit more that day.

Anyways, since I value having a GSM phone far more than I do most other items when picking a cell service, I still want to stay with a company that allows me to use sim cards in unlocked phones rather than jumping ship to Sprint. That said, I think in the next month or so, I am going to buy a Simple Mobile sim card at a local gas station or something and try out their service. I know they run on T-Mobile's towers, but I will take some comfort in knowing that not all of my money is going over to AT&T post merger. If I find the service to be decent, I'll probably transfer my T-Mo number over to Simple mobile permanently and kiss T-Mo goodbye.

Simple Mobile is relatively unknown, so far as I can tell. You might want to try something similar as well before jumping ship to the CDMA networks.

Consider Verizon or Comcast. "Just don't participate in the industry?". So do without a cell phone or internet access? Yeah one consumer doing that is sure to make them quake. It discounts utterly people who depend upon services that ought to be classified as essential (like electricity).

Further, creating a competitor - outside the dreamland of web applications - takes serious resources. There are a number of great alternatives trying to do that (check out http://www.mysimplemobile.com/), but look at their coverage map vs Verizon. Your comment simply does not take into account the pragmatic concerns of corporations with too much power.

Also of note, in a mixed market (which is what we have, no one has a completely free market), you can regulate price. You can prevent collusion (which is what the telecoms are doing), price gouging, and a range of predatory practices.

Hello,

Normally, I would recommend Simple Mobile which is contract-free using the T-Mobile network. $60 will get you unlimited everything. Since you have an iPhone though, and 3G is a must, you are probably stuck using AT&T's 3G network. That probably means getting a SIM card and then paying $75/mo for a whopping 200MB on the Pay as you Go plan. But hey, at least you will get 4G.

Welcome to America.

Exactly how do you think that Sony, Samsung, HTC, Sprint, Verizon or even the Evil AT&T will ban your Google account?

Sony? I gave up PlayStation before PS3. Sprint? Verizon? AT&T? If I ever get a smartphone or mobile broadband any time soon, it'll probably be with the least evil major carrier or its MVNO.

Only one of the 48 U.S. MVNOs on your list runs on T-Mobile's network: Simple Mobile. (Verizon and Sprint don't use removable CSIM cards, and AT&T uses a different set of frequencies for 3G.) I checked Simple Mobile's list of unlocked GSM phone dealers, and they're all e-tailers. Unlocked phones don't work in the United States for two reasons: 1. Simple Mobile doesn't advertise, and 2. if you buy an unlocked smartphone from an e-tailer and end up not liking its ergonomics, you're out $100 for shipping, return shipping, and a 15% restocking fee. Locked phones, on the other hand, can be tried in carriers' brick-and-mortar stores.

http://www.mysimplemobile.com/index.aspx

It's a T-Mobile MVNO

Cheers!