>Verizon still seems best (hardware, spectrum planning, roadmap, coverage), but no plans ideal for my needs. Poor for travel. I use a Verizon reseller (Total W

>Verizon still seems best (hardware, spectrum planning, roadmap, coverage), but no plans ideal for my needs. Poor for travel. I use a Verizon reseller (Total Wireless); it works great and is pretty cheap for the US. Travel is not a problem with Verizon: Verizon phones are all unlocked, and have SIM cards. Just buy a prepaid SIM card when you're out of the country and use that for data. It's generally much cheaper than any service in the US; on my recent trip in Europe, it cost me 15 Euros for a 3GB SIM card, and I don't think I used half of that in my 2 weeks there, even though I was using my phone extensively for navigation and more.