Prepaid is awesome! 1. The price you pay includes all taxes except for sales tax. 2. There's zero chance for bill shock. 3. If you don't need a lot of minutes, T-Mobile has a 5GB plan for $30. In these times in which Verizon is promoting $90 (plus lots of taxes) 1GB plans ($40 for a SmartPhone and $50 for 1GB of sharable data), this is an exceptional deal.