Recommend a low price mobile broadband service in the US?

[Captain Maltese]

I'm looking into this for a friend, but I don't know the names of the major phone companies in the US. I checked up the lowest cost alternative of Verizon, which was 40$/month with a 250MB download limit. Anyone having a better deal?

[ShrowdedPoet]

AT&T, Sprint, Altell....

[The Golden Touch]

http://www.t-mobile.com/

http://www.att.com/

http://www.sprint.com/



I, personally, have had at&t/cingular, t-mobile and Verizon.  Verizon has the best service, even out in the boonies, though they make you pay quite a bit to add unlimited texting, long distance, international calls and such.  Cingular has minimal service in the boonies, and I believe it is only $10- 20 extra for unlimited texting.  T-mobile has the fav five, where you can talk to any five people from different networks for nothing, and it does not take away from your minutes.