One more thing, I would not recommend Tracfone, either. If, however, you strongly desire a Tracfone, be sure to do the recommend-a-friend thing, because both you and the recommender get 120 minutes airtime (which is why people sell this on eBay for 1 cent). This was the only reason I mentioned them in my earlier post. Otherwise, T-Mobile is IMHO definitely the way to go UNLESS you'll be somewhere their coverage is not that great, which you can check on
www.t-mobile.com.