{"id":3734,"date":"2011-07-25T08:47:37","date_gmt":"2011-07-25T08:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=1528"},"modified":"2019-04-12T11:08:03","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T11:08:03","slug":"used-cell-phone-bill-for-city-goes-over-1-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/used-cell-phone-bill-for-city-goes-over-1-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Used Cell Phone Bill for City Goes Over 1 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Flip-phone.gif\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1529\" title=\"Flip phone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Flip-phone.gif\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1529 lazyload\" title=\"Flip phone\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20180%20120%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Flip-phone.gif\"><\/a>The used cell phone bill for the city of Vancouver in Canada has gone over 1 million dollars, according to a new report.&nbsp; A report which was made in the March of last year by the internal audit branch of the city of Vancouver says that city councilors and staff members who used new or old cell phones need to find cheaper cell phone plans \u2013 and keep a stronger eye on their security.<\/p>\n<p>As of May of this year, the city was paying the cost for no less than 1884 cell phones, which has already cost more than $520,000, the total figure for last year reaching well over a million.&nbsp; These numbers do not even take into account the cell phones used by either the school board or the police, which pay for their 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