I was happily paying $120/mo for two phones to the "uncarrier" (T-Mobile) for the last 4 years or so, because I didn't even know what an MVNO is. I thought the

I was happily paying $120/mo for two phones to the "uncarrier" (T-Mobile) for the last 4 years or so, because I didn't even know what an MVNO is. I thought the Big 4 were my only options. I just switched to Ting last month, and I can't believe it! Their billing plan is AWESOME -- you don't have to try and guess how much service you will use. Instead, however many minutes you use (combined with all phones on your account) determines which bucket you fall into (less than 100 minutes? 3 bucks), and the same for texts and data/megabytes. Less than 100 texts? 3 bucks. Less than 100 megabytes used for the month? 3 bucks. 100-500? 9 bucks. Add a base charge of $6/mo/device and my bill this month was a total of $36 for both phones. Quite a change from giving T-mobile over a hundred bucks every month! And I love t-mobile for pioneering the no-contract plans, stellar customer service, etc -- but I switched in a heartbeat when I realized I was paying triple what I needed to! And the customer service at Ting seems to be just as good! Can't recommend them enough.