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The Best Balance Transfer Credit Cards, Winter 2013

It's a New Year, and with the dawn of a New Year usually comes a slew of new credit card offers. In this week's credit card article, we break down the best new balance transfer credit cards of this winter, 2013.

Discover Launches New Line of Discover it Credit Cards

Discover, one of the major credit card companies, has pulled their Discover More line of credit cards from the market, and launched a new line of credit cards called the Discover it cards.

The Best Black Friday and Cyber Monday Cell Phone Deals

It's that time of year again. Most people will be spending this Thanksgiving Thursday with feasting with their families before getting to bed to get a good night's sleep, and then waking up bright and early to take advantage of the multitude of Black Friday savings. If you're in the market for a new cell phone this holiday season, or looking to gift a mobile phone to one of your friends or family members, there's no better time to pull the trigger than Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

Verizon Joins AT&T and Begins Offering a Quad-Play Bundle

Verizon and many other cable, internet, and home phone service companies have been offering double-play and triple-play bundles for years. These bundles allow consumers to combine TV, home phone service, and high-speed Internet into one package in order to save money. Starting this week, however, Verizon is now offering a quad-play bundle that will not only include cable TV, home phone service, and broadband Internet, but will also allow customers to bundle their wireless phone service in as well.

Find the Cheapest Gas Prices in Your Area Using Our New Tool

Gas prices across the nation are reaching record highs, with gas prices in California reaching over $4.67 per gallon for regular gas, and significantly higher for premium. In keeping with MyRatePlan's mission of finding consumers the right services at the right prices and helping you save money, we've partnered with GasBuddy to bring you a tool to help you find the cheapest gas prices in your area.

The tool is free to use and will let you browse gas prices by state, city, zip code, and individual gas stations near you.

UN Internet Takeover Rumor Dispelled

ReadWriteWeb, and quite a few other outlets, posted a story this past Friday with a headline that warned of an impending U.N. seizure of the Internet.

Sprint Increases Early Termination Fees

In advance of the (rumored) arrival of the Apple iPhone this fall,  Sprint has joined AT&T and Verizon with an increased early termination fee for “advanced devices”.       We haven’t yet been able to locate a specific list of these devices, but they likely include all (or most) smartphones, tablets and data devices, which means most equipment will be subject to the new policy.

We’re working to update We’ve updated our early termination fee calculator for the new fee structure.

Straight Talk adds Android Phone

Straight Talk, a no-contract provider available both online and at Wal-Mart stores, has introduced its first Android smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy Precedent.  

T-Mobile Updates Rate Plans

On May 22, T-Mobile made some changes to their rate plans, adding more value to some plans and also updating the number of data plan options available for smartphone users.

For single lines, there are now 3 options:

  • 500 minutes for $39.99
  • 1,000 minutes for $49.99
  • unlimited minutes for $59.99

The only real change in the single line category is that the $59.99 unlimited plan now includes unlimited text messaging, which was previously an additional $10/month.

For family plans, there are also 3 options:

T-Mobile Updates Smartphone Data Plans

T-Mobile has updated their smartphone data plan tiers, as well as some of their voice plans.

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