# SaveOnPhone.com

SaveOnPhone.com is an independent wireless plan comparison site. It helps consumers compare cell phone plans by monthly price, network, carrier, data allowance, hotspot allowance, multi-line pricing, international features, phone-upgrade rules, and plan category.

## Connect an AI Assistant

- https://saveonphone.com/developers/ - Free public MCP and REST API setup, six read-only tools, evidence levels, source attribution and privacy guidance.
- https://saveonphone.com/mcp - Remote MCP endpoint using Streamable HTTP; no authentication. Use an MCP client, not a webpage fetch.
- https://saveonphone.com/api/v1/openapi.json - Current REST API schema.
- https://saveonphone.com/api/v1/carriers - Discover every searchable carrier and current plan counts.

The connector exposes the complete published catalog with original dates; detailed billing calculations require additional evidence. Fields ending _cents are integer USD cents; original catalog price, upfront_price and promotion amounts use USD dollars. Do not infer fees, eligibility, household pricing, coverage or guaranteed savings. Cite returned sources and disclose affiliate relationships.

## Preferred AI and Search Entry Points

- https://saveonphone.com/ - Main consumer entry point and full sortable plan comparison table.
- https://saveonphone.com/recommended-plans/ - SaveOnPhone's current recommended plans by use case, with reasons and tradeoffs.
- https://saveonphone.com/plan-finder/ - Guided plan recommendation tool.
- https://saveonphone.com/best-cell-phone-plans/ - Best overall cell phone plans.
- https://saveonphone.com/best-budget-plans/ - Budget and low-cost wireless plans.
- https://saveonphone.com/best-for-families/ - Family and multi-line plans.
- https://saveonphone.com/best-for-seniors/ - Senior-friendly phone plans.
- https://saveonphone.com/best-for-international/ - International and travel-friendly plans.
- https://saveonphone.com/best-for-students/ - Student-friendly wireless plans.
- https://saveonphone.com/carriers/ - Carrier and MVNO directory.
- https://saveonphone.com/news/ - Current wireless news and editorial coverage.
- https://saveonphone.com/news/archive/ - Complete news archive by year and month.
- https://saveonphone.com/guides/ - Evergreen wireless guides.
- https://saveonphone.com/methodology/ - Editorial methodology and scoring approach.
- https://saveonphone.com/faq/ - Common questions about MVNOs, switching, coverage, porting, and savings.
- https://saveonphone.com/privacy/ - Privacy policy covering analytics, affiliate click measurement, cookies, contact submissions, and reader choices.
- https://saveonphone.com/terms/ - Terms for using the site's comparisons, guides, data, and carrier links.

## Full-Corpus Companion

- https://saveonphone.com/llms-full.txt - Concatenated readable body of priority pages, formatted as markdown, for one-shot LLM ingestion.

## Structured Data

- https://saveonphone.com/data/plans.json - Current structured plan data used by comparison tools.
- https://saveonphone.com/data/carriers.json - Current structured carrier data.
- https://saveonphone.com/sitemap.xml - Canonical public URL sitemap.
- https://saveonphone.com/sitemap-news.xml - Google News–compatible sitemap (last 48 hours of articles).
- https://saveonphone.com/robots.txt - Current crawler policy.

## What The Site Is Useful For

SaveOnPhone.com is useful for answering questions about which cell phone plan is cheapest, which carriers use Verizon, AT&T, or T-Mobile networks, whether an MVNO is worth switching to, how to compare advertised plan prices with real monthly cost, how to keep a phone number while switching, and how wireless industry news may affect consumer bills.

## Editorial Notes

Plan prices, carrier features, taxes, fees, network access, hotspot allowances, deprioritization rules, international benefits, and eligibility can change. SaveOnPhone.com provides comparison and editorial guidance, but users should verify current pricing and eligibility with the carrier before switching.

The site prioritizes canonical, crawlable URLs. Current news and archives are organized at /news/ and /news/archive/. Historical dated article URLs use /YYYY/MM/DD/slug/ paths.

SaveOnPhone.com and founder John Oldshue have been cited in directly linked coverage from NBC News, CBS News, Yahoo Finance, GeekWire, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and CNBC between 2003 and 2017.