Anyone have any recommendations for a cell service provider that won’t just roll over for the government?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qwest

Read the bit about what the government did to the CEO. (canceled contracts and then prosecuted him for lying about revenue) after his refusal of NSA surveillance requests.

It’s not just an issue of them giving up the logs, they have to give them over if there is a warrant.

It’s a matter of them not recording info in the first place. A lot of cellphone providers sell data collected from customers to 3rd parties , including location data (even if you have GPS turned off on your phone, they still know based on your distance from towers).

I’ve heard good things about phreeli. Their pitch is that they don’t keep logs and offer a lot of ways to pay that minimize how much info they have about you, so even with a warrant there’s not much they can hand over. They piggy back off existing networks for good coverage. Worth looking in to if you’re legitimately interested.

There were a few posts recently about a service provider that was started by a well known privacy advocate. Apparently it just collects zip codes. I believe it's either new or launching soon. It's probably the best bet for privacy, but I can't really vouch for coverage or anything.