It might help readers to know where you're replying from. Service varies from market to market. I live in Gary, Indiana and I'm in the Chicago market for Verizon Wireless. I've had them for 2 1/2 years and have been happy with them. They have a plan for unlimited internet, which I believe is $100. text messaging is 2 cents to receive and 10 cents to send. I hope that's right. I don't use text messaging since I chose to have it disabled to avoid spam. I have a friend on AT&T Wireless and he gets spammed via text messaging, but he doesn't pay to receive text messages like I would if I had it. That's why I have text messaging disabled. The network in my area is well built. My area had an advantage. There was GTE Mobile and Ameritech Cellular, then GTE Mobile was renamed Verizon Wireless, and Ameritech Cellular was acquired by Verizon Wireless after the FCC made SBC sell off Ameritech Cellular since then Cellular One (now Cingular) and Ameritech Cellular served the same markets. I can't say that Verizon Wireless works fine in other markets, but the Chicago and Milwaukee markets are good choices for Verizon Wireless. Some people on here have complained about Verizon Wireless's service. I haven't had too many problems with their service. Unlike my mom and sister who had lots of customer service problems that they paid the early termination fee in order to get out of their contract with Cingular. They're now with Verizon Wireless and like the service too.
Currently I have Sprint, which is just terrible. I can't even begin to tell the problems I havehad with them in just the past week. I have been over charged on my bill way too many times and the customer service just cant seem to explain why my current bill is double what it should be. And what I cant even understand is how I can go from a negative balance to way over $200 in less than a week. That can't really explain that either and what gets me is that they say they never saw a negative balance on my account. My new billing cycle just restarted. Lucky for me I have the printout from the website that shows a negative balancne. But enough of my problem, can anyone help me with finding a new carrier?? I would like something similar to sprint but without all the hassle of terrible customer service. Are there any plans out there that have unilimited web access and txt messaging that isnt extremely costly in addition to the monthly plan?? All advice would be greatly appreciated!!!

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