I was out of the USA for a week and had switched from the sidekick plan. When I came back (Sept. 15), I went to my.t-mobile and the sidekick option was gone. Now there are only two prepaid plans.

I ordered a sim from Simple Mobile and will try the $50 per month option (voice, text and 100mb of data). So much for t-mobile in the US.

When I was in England (London), I went to a nearby t-mobile store. The sim was free and for 10 pounds (~$16) I was able to get Internet access, voice and text. I was also able to make incredibly cheap calls back to the US (pennies per minute). I was there 7 full days and still had about 3 pounds left. Because when I got the sim, I had added 10 pounds for service on a weekday, when the weekend arrived I was given (automatically) an extra 10 pounds worth of time. I couldn't use all of the service I had during the trip and the Internet access was fast. Why can't it be this easy in the US???