There's another new kid on the cell phone block: republic wireless. Sure, it seems like another MVNO that is offering an unlimited plan that claims to be different, but republic wireless is actually different. It’ll be up to you to decide whether those differences are worth dropping your current provider to make the switch. Find out more after the jump.

And now, for T-Mobile's next trick, making an entire prepaid cell phone plan disappear! But where did the plan really go? Was it a trick or all part of another devious plan? Time to put on our sleuth hats, boys and girls, for this is the case of the missing plan.

Here's quick tip: use a phone forwarding service to make switching cell phone providers a breeze!

The final act in the circus is upon us: prepaid phone plans for light talkers.

Here at UCAN, we get lots of calls asking for advice on the best consumer services. Sometimes it's landline service, 
other times it's an internet service provider, but lately, the most frequently recurring request is about prepaid phone 
service. Maybe it's due to the economy or maybe it's due to consumers tiring of the pain of being in the clutches of a two- year service agreement. Whatever the reason, more and more people are thinking about switching to prepaid phones.

T-Mobile announced today that it is moving from from an unlimited data plan to a tiered data plan. This isn’t a drastic change from its current data plan offering, but it does change the game a bit. Is this change what consumers want or is it what the industry wants?

Chrip chirp chirp. Is that the sound of spring birds stretching their wings for a morning flight? Or is it the sound of crickets in response to AT&T’s announcement of its first prepaid Android phone? Engadget posted yesterday that, along with a new prepaid data plan, the wireless behemoth is dropping the LG Thrive on prepaid customers this Sunday, April 17. I guess crickets are a bit harsh, but let’s dive into what AT&T has to offer and compare it to another prepaid carrier that has had an Android handset available for prepaid service: Cricket Wireless.

Sprint dove into the prepaid market operating service through 4 separate companies. AT&T and T-mobile appear set to allow one of the Sprint companies main competitors to operate on their networks, Straight Talk, which till now has only operated on Verizon Wireless' network and is only available for purchase online or through Wal-Mart.