I like pay as you go plans since I won't really be calling from it too much, just emergencies and handy events. Virgin Mobile gave the most bang for the buck. I almost went with the T-Mobile pay as you go plan except that you get less minutes for more money. One thing I dislike about VM though is that you have to pay airtime for checking for voice mail
. I'll still use my home phone as the main phone. Once I get a decent enough job this summer I might get a better plan.