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Originally Posted by sgtlethargic
I'm considering JSH's recommendation of upfront yearly prepaid. But I don't like financially supporting the big corporations. I'll only want usage of AT&T' s network for moving my junk out of the foothills, so maybe I'll go with a smaller company's monthly prepaid.
Another alternative I'd consider is a company that donates to good (green, justice) causes.
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A lot of the "smaller companies" are just different brands of the big guys. You mentioned Cricket in your OP. Cricket is a fully owned subsidiary of AT&T.
Boost and Ting are owned by Dish Network (Boost used to be owned by Spring but was sold as part of the merger with T-Mobile)
MetroPCS is owned by T-Mobile
Spectrum is owned by Charter
Xfinity is owned by Comcast
Then there are the whole host of pre-paid companies owned by TracFone - which is owned by American Movil - which is owned by the multibillionaire Carlos Slim. Off the top of my head those are Pageplus, Net10, TracFone, Straight Talk, and Walmart's prepaid.