On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:06:25 -0400, John H.
wrote:

All we're looking for is basic service. The bells and whistles don't mean
much.

I used a Tracfone prepaid for many years and it provided good, low
cost service in the NY metro area and most other places. They use
different networks depending on location.

More recently I've been using Sprint and Verizon phones which both
have good service all over the east coast, Verizon being the better of
the two.