Sneaky..sneaky…sneaky. The wireless carriers, particularly Verizon and Cingular, have done two things recently that will increase their average revenues per subscriber, even though they didn’t actually go out and announce a price increase.
1) Many of the local/regional rate plans have been done away with; the carriers are almost exclusively offering national plans. Many consumers like […]

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Cingular’s rate plans changed on June 1st… they got rid of most (or all, we haven’t figured it out yet) of their regional plans, while making slight modifications to their national plans.
On the national side, Cingular has lined up almost exactly with Verizon, taking a slight premium to the rest of the carriers. For a […]

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If you haven’t read our Guide to Buying a Cell Phone and Plan, what are you waiting for? If you have, you know that one of the things we harp on in there are the disadvantages of signing a two year contract. However, one year contracts are pretty hard to find these days, except with […]

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PC Magazine named MyRatePlan one of its “Top 100 sites you didn’t know you couldn’t live without“, specifically featuring our nifty interactive phone finder.
While this probably overstates the importance (in the big scheme of things) of a website that helps people find a cell phone and save money, we’ll take any accolades we can get […]

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About two months ago, we started working with a company that will try and match people up with a used replacement phone. As more people sign 2-year contracts, the number of people who lose or break their phone during the contract period continues to grow. As these people quickly discovered — the phone prices offered […]

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