Brad, your blog is just terrific!
It's great the insight you made with the contracts. I have never signed a contract before, but I felt terrified already with the experiences some friends had with termination fees and other silly monthly charges. I found this webpage trying to get some advice from other users to get a plan without signing a 1 or 2-year contract with any company. I just don't like to surrender the freedom of choice and change. I have been used prepaid from T-Mobile To-Go so far, it works well but it's pretty pricey (around an additional 50-70% and there are no free wkds or nights).
Thanks again Brad for sharing this.