You're going to want to look at your cell phone bill closer because some cell phone companies are increasing their monthly rates if you're on an older plan. It starts this month for AT&T customers and impacts anyone on the now-retired "Unlimited Elite" plans. It's an extra $2.50 per line you'll have to pay.
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00:00 You're going to want to look at your cell phone bill closer because some cell phone
00:04 companies are increasing their monthly rates if you're on an older plan. It starts this
00:08 month for AT&T customers and impacts anyone on the now retired unlimited elite plans.
00:14 It's an extra $2.50 per line you'll have to pay. In Verizon's case, the rate increase
00:19 goes into effect next month and applies to customers on the unlimited postpaid wireless
00:24 plans listed here. And it's a $3 increase. Retail expert Trey Bodge says you don't always
00:29 have to switch providers to get a better deal. If you're more comfortable, say with a legacy
00:34 brand and you don't happen to be a very active user on your phone, you should definitely
00:39 be paying $25 or less per line. She says another option would be to change carriers if you
00:45 can get out of your contract. Mint Mobile, for example, has plans for $15 a month and
00:50 Consumer Cellular and Telemobile also have similar low cost plans. An AT&T spokesperson
00:56 told me if customers want to make a change, there are other plans that may better suit
01:00 their needs. And Verizon said it encourages customers to move to the new unlimited plans
01:05 at any time.