decent phone provider??

Moriah
I switched from sprint a few years ago (because I got crappy service, my phone worked half the time, they kept changing my bill on me) to verzion and versions service is much better yes, but the data & plan is just high so I need to change.
What's you're phone provider & where you live??
 (I'm asking because when I was with sprint it changed my service depending on what state I was in) oh and when I was a teen on my moms plan I used to have AT&T, but I can't remember how it was.
I may need to get the pay as you go phone maybe? Does anyone have a decent one for that???