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"As smartphone users know by now, monthly bills can be pricey. To help customers save on costs, Verizon Wireless announced on Friday two prepaid plans for those on a budget.\nThe plans \u2014 which are available for various 3G smartphones running Android, BlackBerry and iOS operating systems \u2014 include unlimited talk and texts on two data plans: 500 MB of data for $60 or 2GB of data for $70. \nAlthough those price points are still more than T-Mobile, which offers a $30 plan for \"unlimited\" data on 3G, although the carrier will throttle connections that go over 5GB per month. T-Mobile's 3G network, which is based on HSPA technology, was even found to be faster than Verizon's 3G network (based on EV-DO) by PC World.\nSEE ALSO: AT&amp;T Will Buy Spectrum From Verizon For $1.9 Billion in Cash\n\nYou don't have to buy a new smartphone either: \"A new smartphone isn\u2019t necessary to take advantage of the prepaid plans,\" Verizon said in a blog post. \"Often, a no-longer-used smartphone sitting in a drawer at home can be activated on a prepaid plan with no annual contract.\"\nFor those that go over their data allowance within the 30-day period, 1GB of data can be purchased for $20. Adding money to your account can be done up to one month in advance.\nImage courtesy of Flickr, jfingas"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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