A Brit in America very very boring question about mobile phones.

Doesn't make any difference for cell phones. You usually get free local calls with a land line, but not cell phones (there _might_ be calling plans out there that do have free local, but I'm not really aware of them). With my cell phone, it's actually cheaper to call a friend in California who happens to have Verizon (which does free in-network calls) than to call my friend two blocks away in NY who has another plan.

im not sure how it works in england but in australia you only get charged if you MAKE the call. here in the US the caller and the receiver get charged and everything is by minutes. like, this plan gives me 500 minutes, this plan gives me 1000 minutes. its really weird. ive only seen one company, cingular i think, that does rollover. also, i had to leave my phone back in australia because (a) the sim cards are different sizes and (b) they dont seem to sell sim cards here like they do at home for prepaid starter packs etc. they sell prepaid with a phone and then you buy top up cards as usual. also, plans are crazy expensive and they have these bizarro fees and taxes they put on everything. the people ive quizzed about cellphones here say their bill is around $100-120 a month which is kind of shocking to me since i was getting by fine on a $15 prepaid virgin mobile card per month back home.

anyway, like i said i dont know how it works in england but those might be some factors you'll want to look at.

the good(ish) news? t-mobile prepaid internet connection for a sidekick II is only a dollar a day. woo!