Getting frustrated trying to find a good pre-paid phone/service?

Okay, I've been researching various pre-paid plans for quite some time now. It's frustrating. Every single company has something "bad" that this and that person doesn't like about it. That makes it awful for trying to find a decent service. The problems one person has with a company, another may never have, so that seems really hard to decide just by "comments/opinions" of "what is the best service". Everyone has their own unique needs which gives a bad impression if what they desire isn't found. But it's impossible to know if I don't check around on here, with people who have had companies I'm considering. I'm a Virgin Mobile customer. My month ends Wednesday 4/25 and I want to get a phone that doesn't look like a kids 'toy'. VM doesn't have any of those 'real' phones. I don't need internet/web browsing, music or video on my phone, etc. Just a basic service (pre-paid monthly plan). I have the $34.99 talk plan from VM and usually don't max it out most months.

Getting frustrated trying to find a good pre-paid phone/service?
if you are travelin much here is a thought, alltel and verizon are the only true nation wide carriers, sprint ,t-mobile,cingular and so on are all city based carriers, yes they claim to be the largest and they probaly do have the most customers,(bein city based and all) so pick your carrier wisely cause it is a contract

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