Join us after the break where we outline what Zact is, and how it could change the way carriers work.

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Zact is also offering remote parental control, and one-off plans like just international calling, or just purchasing data for specific apps.

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Zact is currently accepting pre-orders for their service launching in June with only 2 devices out of the gate.

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If you overestimate your monthly needs, Zact will actually credit your account at the end of the billing cycle, in effect charging you only for the plan you should have chosen based on usage.

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Touting itself as the industry's "first smart mobile provider, " Zact takes an entirely different tact to cell phone service, offering the consumer total control over voice, text and data plans, even across multiple devices.

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