Its a lot of money for a 3 year plan on a smart phone.
It's a jail term.
Current plans, $65 ($70) with tax for a 1 gb data, 200 min with evenings and weekends free from 6 pm to 7am + $200 phone + 3 years = equals $2540. If you go over anything in your plan it adds up even more every month, and you will ($10 extra a if you go over 1 gb in a particular month).
Mobilicity, public mobile and Wind are good if you use your phone within the city since their coverage area is small. Most of their plan sales go for $20 a month unlimited everything, but unlimited is more like 3 gb of data, if you reach that they will cap you.
Compared to states, my friend is with one of the biggest carriers in the states, pays $45 with tax unlimited data, unlimited talk within US, unlimited text nationwide with an Iphone 4s on a 2 year plan. There is no 3 year plans in the states.
I recently wanted to sign up, but I won't with the current plans. Over the next 3 years $2500 buys me a lot of good things that I'll need more then a cellular phone.