cost of mobile phone

I am with Verizon wireless and before taxes and fees I only pay thirty five dollars per month for my wireless phone. After all of the taxes, I pay forty dollars and some change. It is amazing that they can tax you so high of a percentage, and they are always trying to put more taxes on cell phones here in the United States. I have had my same plan since 2000 or maybe late 1999. I only get 300 peak minutes, but I get free in calling to other members using Verizon Wireless. I also get free weekends and nights after 9 pm. What about you? How much do you pay for your cell phone service? Do you have a contract or pay as you go plan? Have a great day!

Right now, I'm with T-Mobile & I'm paying around $126 a month... About 3 weeks ago, I had to add something onto my bill... I was paying $116 a month but with my new laptop, I added wireless plan so that I can use my laptop in their hotspots for "free"... So, basically I'm paying $99.99 for unlimited talking & picture/text/audio messaging... Then I'm paying $19.99 for unlimited blackberry plan, includes unlimted data (surfing web) & emails, then $9.99 for me to use my laptop in hotspots... With blackberry phone, it sounds pointless to have blackberry & have laptop to be able to hook up to hotspots but due to my work, sometimes I need to move large files at once & my phone is not really up to the par of doing the job... Also, visiting some of the websites involves large graphic files so it helps to have laptop... Quick reference to a simple site, my phone is more than good enough, it's those large sites that I'm having trouble with my phone... I do get 15% discount on my phone bill from one of the places I work but it's not that much... I'm getting close to $20 bucks off a month & even with that discount, with taxes & fees, it comes back up to about $126 a month, but then otherwise my bill would've been close to $150 a month... I always say "better in my pocket then theirs!!!"...