My Verizon bill has gone up $2 in the last 2 months.

[edhopper]

Remember the brouhaha over the $2 online payment fee. Well since they retreated from that, they seemed to have found an extra $2 to tack on spread across the various "Fees and Charges" that they never fully explain.
Funny that?

[Faux pas]

1. My PureTalkUsa bill has gone

down $2.00 in the last month. $37.95 unlimited text and calling, flat rate, no extra charges. I love it.

[leftyohiolib]

2. as land lines disappear your wireless bill will continue to rise

[bigdarryl]

3. Verizon is a RIP OFF!!!! Im paying 140.00 a month for a damn IPhone 4S

That is a piece of shit to began with when my contract is over I'm switching to Sprint

[Demonaut]

4. and your 4s will not work with sprint

[beyurslf]

5. tmobile...10 years...no billing problems.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

10. While we might not have the iPhone...

...I still like TMobile. They're updating their network and we've never had any trouble with them. Their customer service always bends over backwards for us because we've had them for 13 years.

[emilyg]

6. When my contract is

up I'll drop Verizon phone and just keep my air card with them. Will go with a $9 phone from WalMart and buy minutes.

[The Genealogist]

7. Went with one of those "disposable phones" like you describe

The service itself is fine, and I spend a fraction on the telephone budget. It is expensive to do internet stuff with it, but I don't use it for that anyway. Just calls and text messages.

[emilyg]

8. I would just use it

for "hello" "goodbye". My friend got one and he's delighted with the savings.

[The Genealogist]

9. Ah...I think the "disposable phone" route would work very well for you

I wish I had gone that route years ago. I haven't done any detailed comparison on savings, but I would say that, right now, that it takes me several months of cell phone use of the "disposable phone" to rack up a month's charges. Results may vary, as they say, but I have NO intention of ever going back to a "plan" format for cell service.

[miyazaki]

11. And everyone's Verizon DSL has been throttled down.

-been in place for awhile.