Batman...with no Robin

Background..I live in almost middle of nowhere(cant be specifics I still got warrants).  For the past 20 months I've used my sidekick on roam and ran off a cingular network.  

Last night...no more service.  No resets, payin bill balance, etc seem to fix it.  Call t- mobile.  Since they dont serve this area and Ive been roaming they cant do a thing to help.   Solution...go to Chicago this weekend and see if my service works.  If it does and I come back and it goes out again...time to trash my faithful SK3 and upgrade...but to what?  If the service keeps working I'm still upgrading, I can  just wait longer to decide...... Iphone vs. Instinct vs. B-berry Bold vs. B-berry Thunder vs. HTC Diamond...the battle of the decade

note...the date says Jan 1...clearly today is not Jan 1.  Notice the lack of a G for service...