Quote Originally Posted by Jaimecbr900
2. Service providers are as different as night and day. The biggest differences I've noticed are customer service/contracts and service range. NOONE can beat MetroPCS strictly on $ because they have a plan for $30/mo unlimited LOCAL calls. If that works for you, then that by far is the best plan from ANY other carrier. Noone comes remotely close to that. Problem comes in the next part of the equation, range. If you travel outside your local area OFTEN, then MetroPCS is NOT for you. They have travel talk, but it's basically roaming and roaming costs a ton of money.
I edited the post because SERVICE is my main concern with the providers. I call family who live in Savannah and Florida and I travel often.

Thanks for pointing that out

Thanks to you and everyone else for the input so far