[pacemkr]

300 minutes wouldn't be enough for me, but:

  $60 for 900 min
  $30 for unl. data (lucky me)
  $10 for 500 texts
  $17 in taxes (NYC)

Verizon. Pretty much the same plan was slightly more expensive on AT&T.

Tether might still work, for now: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/08/verizon-blocking...

[georgemcbay]

300 minutes is the voice call limit. The data portion is "unlimited", so if you have Google Voice or are willing to move over to it, you can skip over a lot of would-be voice minutes by using GrooveIP (or some other SIP gateway solution) and serve most of your talky needs via voip without burning talk minutes.

Granted for most people it is probably easier just to bump up to one of the higher level Virgin plans which are also pretty cheap relative to industry averages.

[bokonist]

Yeah, for 1200 minutes + unlimited data + unlimited texts, Virgin Mobile is now $45 http://www.virginmobileusa.com/cell-phone-plans/beyond-talk-...