Good points, Bocastephen.
We're on the same page.

Another issue is, it looks like Blackberry is a "No-Go" on Straight Talk. This is not a deal-breaker for me now as it would have been six months ago before I really started using my Virgin Mobile Android for backup. I'm used to Android now, and can function with it. Before, it was BlackBerry only.

Every month that I pay my T-Mo Bill (and it's significantly higher than what you were paying) I say 'That's Enough! Time will tell.

Interesting that most of my European friends think we're NUTS having a Post-pay CONTRACTED plan. Most of them have pay-as-you-go only.