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Hey, remember how the NSA was tapping phones without warrants? And remember how the NSA was compiling a massive database of citizens' phone records? And remember how Qwest was the only company that didn't just hand over its customers' records to the NSA?

My current wireless contract ends soon; it's with one of those other companies, and it's overpriced, so I want to switch. I kind of wanted to reward good corporate behavior, but Qwest doesn't operate in California and I'm not willing to move to Denver for this. So I'm looking for other options. What I know so far:

• AT&T/Cingular, Verizon and BellSouth handed over phone records without a fuss.
• AT&T, MCI and Sprint/Nextel cooperated on the wiretap program.
• MetroPCS might be okay if I never travelled.
• Working Assets is leftist-friendly (mostly) but kind of expensive.
• T-Mobile looks... basically okay.

So, I'm thinking I will probably switch to T-Mobile. Does anyone have experience with them, or with Working Assets? (Ken, I know something of your travails, but feel free to remind me.) Also, what else should I be considering, as a consumer and/or a progressive?

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Don't forget the technology

[(Anonymous)]

Gabe here, too lazy to make an account. One thing to keep in mind is the technical side. T-Mobile, being of European origin (Deutsche Telekom), uses the GSM platform, rather than the US-centric CDMA. Nice to have in case you have to flee the Fasci^H^H^H^H^HRepublicans (a factor I DID consider when switching to T-Mobile from WALD[Sprint]). With a bit of negotiation with Customer Service, you can take it around a fair portion of the globe and swap out SIMs (i.e. phone numbers) as needed.