FYI, here in the US if you want month-to-month EVDO service you can get it from a small and new ISP called Millenicom the EVDO is over the Sprint/Alltel EVDO network for jsut $50/mo w/o any contract. They even send a free USB EVDO modem. There is a $50 setup fee but BFD if you need the service it's better than a 2-yr contract. And the service is truly uncapped with no usage limits beyond the very reasonable don't host a server on it. Then again who in their right mind would try that on a mobile broadband connection.

I have a throw-away phone when I need it which costs me $100 for 1000mins that are good for a year. As long as I add say $10/yr to the phone the minutes carry over from year to year. I once used a cell all the time and eventually I realized I was never not at work...so, I not only sold the business and moved, I took that phone apart to fiddle with it's guts...and it felt great!

So for about $600/yr I have total freedom to be wherever and doing whatever. I really like that...heck I have even found EVDO RevA service in National Parks...now that was WEIRD...

BTW, I want a cell phone to be just that...a phone. I have plenty of computers and do not need a phone to keep my mind numbed with some sort of sound-byte propaganda from the TV networks of cell provider either...can you imagine if your home phone kept trying to push ads or other content at you all the time? So I say just bring back a SIMPLE CELL PHONE that one can use to make and receive calls when needed. That's all...