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Frugally Mobile: A Quick Guide on How to Spend less on Phone Services

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Last updated: 2014/03/10 at 8:41 PM
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In the past, phone charges were tied to single, wired residential phone services, allowing users to make and receive calls from home.  Long distance calls were the most costly, causing users to limit the number of minutes spent talking with remote friends and family.  Obviously, the phone landscape has changed significantly in recent decades, and continues to shift as new technology and consumer needs emerge.  Today, it is not uncommon for phone users to maintain land-based phone services, but mobile options continue to grow leaps and bounds over traditional phone technology. Even Web-based phone connections are taking a place in the phone communications market, creating another option for consumers.  Unfortunately, the advent of mobile technology and other communication advances sometimes lead to high spending on phone services. Koala payday loans will offer funding to cover additional expenses.   In part, service becomes redundant when users carry home lines as well as mobile access.  To save money of phone charges, take a close look at your personal usage habits, and make changes using these proven frugal tactics.

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Plans of all KindsShed Land Lines for SavingsChange Your Approach

Frugally Mobile: A Quick Guide on How to Spend less on Phone Services

Plans of all Kinds

Mobile phones are a highly competitive business, with several providers bending over backwards to gain market shares.  As a result, bargains emerge from vendors trying to outdo one another with the most generous plans and services.  The trend for mobile phone marketing is to bundle services into packages designated as “plans”.  Each one carries specific conditions, ostensibly catering to diverse consumer phone needs.  Bundled plans offer significant value, because each element of service is discounted before being wrapped into bundles.  Voice, data and other features are cheapest when purchased as part of a bundled package, but only if you use the services provided.  Too often, mobile phone users sign-up for annual commitment or other extended promotional plans, only to realize they are buying features they never use.  Once locked in, however, it is difficult to change up your service without taking on fees and charges.  In most cases, changes are only allowed at the plan’s anniversary date.  Fortunately, phone alternatives are explored by several online comparison sites, which help illuminate options offered by multiple carriers.  For phone shoppers bent on savings, side-by-side comparisons provide the fastest assessments of diverse phone services.

Shed Land Lines for Savings

You can only carry on one phone conversation at a time, so there is no need to pay for redundant phone services.  To save money, mobile phone users are increasingly parting with their wired home phone services, which just mimic those provided by cellular plans.
Traditional BT lines are perfect solutions for some users, as well as Internet phone alternatives.  But when lines remain idle most of the time, cutting them out of the communications picture saves on phone spending.

Change Your Approach

It’s easy to grow comfortable with phone service – change is hard for everyone – but the status quo is not always the best value for phone customers.  To save on phone spending, evaluate the terms and conditions of your phone plans annually, at the very least, taking care to compare them to other deals you find in the marketplace.  Your phone number is portable now, so changing plans doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll alter your contact information, removing one of the biggest barriers for most consumers seeking savings.  Mobile phone providers want your business, so they are willing to sweeten their deals to get it.  Don’t be afraid to take a hard line negotiating.  Pay as you go phone service is also growing in popularity, as an alternative to long-term phone contracts.  Instead of blanket payments covering certain usage thresholds, phone charges are tied directly to use, requiring payments only for minutes used. Limited phone users benefit tremendously from prepaid options.

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