Tools to help find the best AT&T data plan deal.

With the recent announcement by AT&T that it non longer provides unlimited data usage to smartphone owners, chances are some customers are left wondering how that will affect them financially. A best place to start is by knowing what your needs are so you don't end up over paying for something that you don't use or maybe equally worse, find yourself maxed out of your allocated data capacity. So to get it just right, there are some tools able to help you buy the correct data plan. One tool is offered by AT&T itself in the form of an app and it is called my Wireless. It provides data usage right from the app, or the user can choose to dial *DATA# (*3282#) and receive a text message detailing a device's data consumption. For more details, customers can log on to at&t.com/wireless.
Others tools are offered by companies like Billshrink.com and Validas.com which can analyse your bill and recommend a data plan regardless of the carrier according to the NYTimes.


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Skype internet calling is coming to Verizon Wireless soon.

Verizon Wireless has announced last week that beginning in March, it will offer free Internet -calling service on some of its smart phones. But the offer comes with a catch as the users will need to subscribe to a Verizon data and voice plan. If users decide to settle with Verizon cheapest data and voice plan, it will cost them a minimum of $70 a month ($40 for 450 voice minutes and $30 for a data plan.)
The Skype app will made available in late March to nine smart phones on the Verizon network, including Blackberry models and Google's Android models, according to the Wall Street Journal.

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