{"id":3742,"date":"2011-07-27T10:49:27","date_gmt":"2011-07-27T10:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=1553"},"modified":"2019-04-12T11:08:02","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T11:08:02","slug":"old-cell-phone-users-paying-too-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/old-cell-phone-users-paying-too-much\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Cell Phone Users Paying Too Much"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Phone-8.gif\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1554\" title=\"Phone 8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Phone-8.gif\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1554 lazyload\" title=\"Phone 8\" 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\/Phone-8.gif\"><\/a>Those who use new and old cell phones are being overcharged for expensive wireless data that they are not even using by the end of each month, according to a new report.&nbsp; Yesterday, The Citizens Utility Board in the United States released an analysis of data plans for smartphones that is taken from information gathered via their CellPhone Saver, an online service that enables consumers to upload their bills for wireless and get advice on how they can best save money.<\/p>\n<p>The Citizens Utility Board studied more than 1000 bills from Verizon Wireless and found that the average user of smartphones uses around 456 megabytes of data each and every month.&nbsp; Unfortunately, this is well below the limit of 2 gigabytes, 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