{"id":61,"date":"2011-02-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-24T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/public-staged.consumercellular.com\/blog\/consumer-cellular-takes-a-stand-against-bill-shock\/"},"modified":"2023-01-12T08:09:06","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T16:09:06","slug":"consumer-cellular-takes-a-stand-against-bill-shock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.consumercellular.com\/blog\/consumer-cellular-takes-a-stand-against-bill-shock\/","title":{"rendered":"Consumer Cellular Takes a Stand Against Bill Shock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Consumer Cellular&#8217;s automatic, complimentary Usage Alerts empower our cell phone customers to avoid overage fees by efficiently tracking their wireless voice and data use on their behalf. 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