Halloween is full of tricks, but your phone bill doesn’t have to be one of them. While mobile carriers might advertise plans starting from low monthly fees, the reality for most people is that they are paying $60 to $100 per month or more.

Comparing your current plan to the Tello Mobile equivalent is likely to reveal that you are significantly overpaying, and that you can get the same coverage for much less. For example, for a limited time you can get 10GB of data and unlimited talk and text for just $10 a month …

Despite an apparently lively competitive market for mobile carriers, if you compare deals offered directly between the major brands, there are remarkably few differences. In fact, the US has some of the most expensive cellular plans in the world.

A major reason for this is that many people don’t realize that independent wireless service providers can offer exactly the same coverage as the big name networks at a significantly lower price.…