Thanks! I was very aware that GSM had been cracked. Knowing that and what it takes to listen to a GSM phone I am appalled that the carriers are poo-pooing this. The more I read on here the more I am leaning to keeping my Sprint phone until at least mid 2011... I appreciate all the posts on here... from the informative to the downright funny to even the angry (which I laugh at... honestly - calm down and have some dip) Thanks Slashdot!

Thanks Malakai, This is what I was looking for in a reply. I kept it my question vague because I wanted to get peoples experiences from all over, not just in one geographical area with one particular provider.

That is the same problem I was having with Sprint too. I had a total of 4 months out of the last 2 years I was with them where I didn't have to "fix" the billing. Totally unacceptable.