And with ATT your phone just stops working intil you call and recharge the plan. sprint has something similar, Ok not really. But, it's called the Free and Flexable plan, you know how alot of people go over there minutes and get those $500.00 dollar bills in the mail. Well now with sprint, if you go over, you have to pay a fee like $1.25 if you do, then they upgrade your plan. For example, My plan is 59.99 for 1000 minutes nights/weekends start at 7pm, video/picture messaging, vision (internet), and I pay for the TV on the phone which is about another 2-4 bucks. Anyways, say this month I went over and did 1500 minutes, instead of being charged .50 cents after each minute I will be charged the fee which is like $1.25 then be charged for the 1500 plan, and then the following month I will have 1000 minutes again....