I switched to Verizon 3 years ago because Cingular (now AT&T) no longer offered phones that had analog service. I'd been really happy with Cingular, but I needed a new phone. Verizon still offers a VX5400. It's a pretty basic phone, but that's how I am - I prefer another device to do everything else, so I can take notes when I'm on the phone. (Yeah I know I could do that with a Bluetooth headset, but that's still another device I'd have to carry.)

It's much less of an issue now than it was even 2 years ago, out east anyway - I think there still isn't digital coverage in a lot of places in the west? But anyway I don't want to reduce my ability to get help in an emergency by going with a digital-only phone, when I spend a lot of time in the boonies.