I have had them all. But it all matters in where you live. All of the providers are capable of screwing you over.  Nextel has billing issues, ATT I likes a lot untill they merged with cingular, now my coverage is mysteriously smaller, and MANY MANY MANY dropped calls or failed attemts. I have used T-mobile as well but I was told they piggyback verizons system, bad customer service. I say throw away your cell phone all together and we can all visit people in real life like the good ol days