If you've never considered switching to a budget carrier before, maybe it's time you should. via CNBCMakeIt
If you want to save some money on your phone bill, here are a few ways to get started.If you're not bound by any payment plans, then you should look beyond the Big Four to save the most. Take AT&T, for example. Currently, the carrier is offeringCricket — which runs on AT&T's network — offersstarting at $50 after the autopay discount. And, like many smaller carriers, Cricket's price includes taxes and fees, so there are no add-on costs when you get the monthly bill.
And you typically canYou might not actually need unlimited high speed data. Many people are pushed into the unlimited plans by the Big Four but, in fact, the average person uses about 5.8GB per month ,"Check your own cell phone bill over the course of several months, find out your average data usage and, if you are using 5GB or less, stick with a fixed data amount plan that will most likely cost you less per month," Gallup says.
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