{"id":847,"date":"2016-01-20T14:37:54","date_gmt":"2016-01-20T22:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/?p=847"},"modified":"2018-01-16T11:28:44","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T19:28:44","slug":"mobile-phone-plans-beyond-the-big-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/2016\/01\/20\/mobile-phone-plans-beyond-the-big-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile phone plans &#8212; beyond the big 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MacWorld&#8217;s article &#8220;<a title=\"Tired of dealing with AT&#038;T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless? We tell you about some good alternatives\" href=\"http:\/\/www.macworld.com\/article\/3024717\/carriers\/how-to-save-on-mobile-plans-your-guide-to-17-no-contract-carriers.html#tk.rss_news\" target=\"_blank\">How to save on mobile plans: Your guide to 17 no-contract carriers<\/a>&#8221; is one of the best summaries of cellular phone plans that I&#8217;ve ever read.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Forget everything you thought you knew about buying a mobile phone. In just the past year, we&#8217;ve seen more changes to the industry than there are numbers on the dial-pad. The Big Four carriers (AT&#038;T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon Wireless) have all but abandoned their old business models. Major phone makers like Google, Motorola and even Apple will now sell you their phones unlocked and contract-free. And don&#8217;t forget the disruptors: The companies offering cheap (or even free) service and feature-packed (but affordable) phones.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>See the full article for an overview of the many mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) which might be a better deal for you. Like Consumer Cellular, FreedomPop, MetroPCS, Straight Talk. Note the pros and cons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MacWorld&#8217;s article &#8220;How to save on mobile plans: Your guide to 17 no-contract carriers&#8221; is one of the best summaries of cellular phone plans that I&#8217;ve ever read. Forget everything you thought you knew about buying a mobile phone. In just the past year, we&#8217;ve seen more changes to the industry than there are numbers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,123],"tags":[68,69,60],"class_list":["post-847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer","category-phone","tag-cellular","tag-mobile","tag-phone"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=847"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":849,"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847\/revisions\/849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}