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Top 10 Cyber Monday Specials

by Logan Abbott on Monday, November 29, 2010

Here are the top 10 cell phone deals we've found for Cyber Monday. Some may go beyond today (11/29), but many will not. All are for new service, but some may also apply for those looking to extend their contract.  In most cases, the phone price is good for up to 2 phones (i.e., will allow for a family plan); additional lines may be extra.

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How to Reduce Cell Phone Data Charges

by Logan Abbott on Monday, November 15, 2010

All the major cell phone carriers require data plans for smartphones purchased from them. Until recently, it was one-size-fits-all, with each carrier offering an unlimited or nearly unlimited data plan for $30 a month.

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Verizon Wireless Tweaks Data Plans

by Logan Abbott on Friday, October 29, 2010

Following the lead of AT&T, but with a few differences, Verizon Wireless has launched tier pricing for data.    Until the change, Verizon had two data plans, one for $9.99, the other $29.99.   The $9.99 was optional on feature phones, required on multimedia phones.

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How to Choose a Straight Talk Network

by Logan Abbott on Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Straight Talk, a no-contract service that offers two of the cheapest cell phone plans currently available, announced this week that they have expanded their service to include the AT&T network. 

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Cheaper International Calling from a Cell Phone

by Logan Abbott on Tuesday, June 29, 2010

This is the latest in our series of how to reduce your cell phone bill. Do you call internationally (from the U.S.) on your cell phone?  If you are using your cell phone provider for international long distance, you probably have run up some pretty significant bills.  

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AT&T Launches New Data Pricing

by Logan Abbott on Monday, June 07, 2010

In a move that will eventually be copied (in some form) by other wireless (and possibly home broadband) providers, AT&T has moved to a tiered, usage-based data pricing for its smartphone devices.

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DISH to Offer Local Channels in All Markets

by Logan Abbott on Thursday, May 27, 2010

Dish Network announced today that, as of June 3, 2010, they will offer local channels in the 29 local markets they don't currently serve.  As of that date, they will provide local channels in all 210 television markets in the United States.     The final 29 markets are:

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Use Prepaid to Cut your Cell Phone Bill

by Logan Abbott on Tuesday, May 25, 2010

This is the fourth in a series of how to cut your cell phone bill. It wasn’t that long ago that prepaid was an afterthought in the cell phone marketplace. 

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AT&T Increases Termination Fees on Smartphone and iPhone

by Logan Abbott on Friday, May 21, 2010

**Update June 1:   The list of advanced devices that incur the higher $325 termination fee has now been published by AT&T

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Cell Phone Prices Vary by Retailer

by Logan Abbott on Tuesday, May 18, 2010

We’ll preface this tip with an example.     Let’s say you wanted to sign up for a 2 line AT&T family plan today. Specifically, you are going to get the AT&T Family Talk 700 plan ($69.99/month).with a BlackBerry Bold 9700 for each line.

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