Cell phone prices

I’m wondering if there’s a cell phone plan that doesn’t suck.

I’m currently on Verizon. I hate them, but they have the best network, based on my totally unscientific sampling.

I pay around $159/mo for 1400 minutes shared between two phones. That’s the “bottom line on the bill” figure, not the $90/mo they claim such a plan will cost. I’m more than a little horrified that the bottom line price is more than twice what’s on the advertisements … but such is life. \

Are other people paying that much? Is there any company that’s cheaper but still as a meaningful national network?