T-Mobile will sell you prepaid service at $100 per 1000 minutes/SMS messages, or pay-as-you-go for $30-40 per month without a contract. I have service for my G1 via the latter option, which costs me about $75/mo. with unlimited data and more calling minutes than I can conceivably use.
My experience has been that most carriers will happily let you sign up for some sort of prepaid service without a contract, as long as you don't expect hardware discounts.
You can get full data with T-Mobile prepaid? I'm using a SIM pulled from a $19.99 prepaid phone stuck in an iPhone 2G and all I get is EDGE service, funneled through their WAP portal. You really need the monthly service to get full internet connectivity (friend's G1 SIM in my phone works great).
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T-Mobile will sell you prepaid service at $100 per 1000 minutes/SMS messages, or pay-as-you-go for $30-40 per month without a contract. I have service for my G1 via the latter option, which costs me about $75/mo. with unlimited data and more calling minutes than I can conceivably use.
My experience has been that most carriers will happily let you sign up for some sort of prepaid service without a contract, as long as you don't expect hardware discounts.
You can get full data with T-Mobile prepaid? I'm using a SIM pulled from a $19.99 prepaid phone stuck in an iPhone 2G and all I get is EDGE service, funneled through their WAP portal. You really need the monthly service to get full internet connectivity (friend's G1 SIM in my phone works great).