Paying too much for your local telephone
service? Check out your local calling plan.
Did you know most telephone companies offer different
local calling plans? Depending on the number of local calls you make in a
month, there could be a local plan available to save you money. Check the
front pages of your local phone company’s phone book where they list
different local calling plans. The title of the page may be something like,
“Setting up Your Phone Service”.
Most people only think about their local calling plan
for a few seconds when they are doing just that, initiating their phone
service. However, peoples’ calling patterns change over the years. For
instance, maybe you set up phone service when you had just bought a new
home, with a new baby or small child. You or both parents worked all day, so
not many phone calls originated from your phone. At that time, you chose the
lowest cost local calling plan, one for those making less than 35 calls per
month. Fourteen years later, that child is a teenager; you have a computer
with dial up internet service. You are making three or more times as many
local calls as you used to, and you are paying 7 cents per local call for
each one over 35 per month. You could be paying much too much for your local
service. All you need to do is call your local company and change your local
calling plan to an unlimited plan, and reap the savings!
Just the opposite could be your situation. Maybe you
started local service in your home when your children lived there and made
many calls. If they are now out on their own, you may only need the lowest
cost local plan. Changing from an unlimited plan to one where you only make
35 or less calls per month, may save up to $7 each month! Keep in mind that
if you go over the 35 calls per month by only a few calls, this could still
be a better deal for you. The added calls are only 7 cents per call (not per
minute, but per call.)
Take a few minutes and read your local phone book’s
customer information section on local calling plans, and make sure you are
on the right one. You can also call your local phone company to help you
figure out which plan is the best one for you. It may be well worth your
time.
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