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BillShrink

Fear of the unknown drives you to stick with a cellphone carrier you're certain is hosing you -- the same reason you won't try chilled monkey brains, or ditch that bunk-bed. Illuminating just how good your phone life can be: BillShrink.

Shrink analyzes your cell plan/usage and lays out your best dough-shaving alternatives from the four major carriers (Where you at, Boost Mobile?). Just give Shrink access to your wireless account and it'll pull out all relevant info; or, if you have trust issues, manually pop in your minutes used, average bill, home/work zip codes, texting tendencies, data usage, and the five numbers you call most, be they domestic, international, or Domino's. Shrink'll then crunch the data -- even comparing coverage maps to your domicile/slavedriver locations and assumed commute -- and spit out a custom-tailored, ranked list of alternative plans, complete with yearly savings, signal rank, add-on prices, service fees, and supported phones (for instance, Bayside Wireless currently only supports the Zack Morris Brick).

If a plan catches your fancy, Shrink can link you right to a carrier-change page, and'll even take the steps necessary to preserve your old number -- convenient, though your fearful clinging could be all that's standing between you and living the dream of HOT-JUNK.

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