Photo courtesy of Kenneth Lu, via FlickrThis week the United States government sued to
prevent the acquisition
of T-Mobile by competitor AT&T. The reason given is that this
would lessen competition and, in turn, hurt consumers.
Anyone who has ever dealt with a major cell phone carrier knows that the
present state of competition isn't exactly producing a renaissance of
terrific customer service. The norm is two-year contracts, high
early termination fees, and steep charges when you go over your allotted
voice, data or SMS limit.
But there are alternatives. Read on to find a few tricks to owning and
using a decent smartphone without having to deal with the drawbacks of a
contract with a major carrier.
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Planning to buy an
AT&T smartphone, either now or after next month's heavily rumored
iPhone 5 announcement? Here's something you should know: Starting August 21,
AT&T will offer only one text-messaging plan: $20 per month for unlimited messages.
That's over and above what you're already paying for voice and data. Gone is the $10/month option for 1,000 messages (
and long gone is the $5/month, 200-message plan), meaning you're now on the hook for an extra $120 annually if you want to send and receive texts.
That sucks, AT&T. So you'll forgive me if I tell readers how they can ditch your ridiculously overpriced messaging plan--but keep on texting to their hearts' content.
By Rick.BroidaGuest Blogger
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Image Courtesy of dougbelshaw via FlickrThis week the Guy and Yasar show comes with good news for
AT&T
customers. Well, at least good news for those who want more data usage
for tethering.
Here are the details:
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