I'm paying Verizon just under $1000 per year for my cellphone service; $82-some every month. Has anybody here investigated outfits like US Cellular and Pure Talk? To hear Hannity, I'd save about fifty bucks a month with Pure Talk. I'm looking for opinions by real people, not spiels from marketing or advertising firms that will tell me what I want to hear. I broached this idea at my local Verizon office and was told that defectors usually switch back at some later time because they found the alternative service to be less than stellar. Well, what would you expect a Verizon employee to say? If you've switched from one of the big carriers to one of the alternative carriers, I'd like to hear why you did so and if you're satisfied or not with the change.