By Kavita
I am sure the title of this post already got you excited and motivated, not just about reading this post but also about implementing strategies in response to your question: How to lower your cell phone bill every month. This is certainly an item that is making quite a dent in the monthly budget for many people, especially in the US.
Communicating, talking and keeping in touch with friends, family and acquaintances is not something that you can consider as a luxury. So you really cannot avoid incurring such heavy costs, all in the name of keeping in touch with near and dear ones. But that does not mean that you should give up on your efforts to find effective ways to cut back your monthly cell phone expenses. Here are some tips to get you going.
Check if you are paying too much
We all need to pay as much as we use, but sometimes that is not the case. Just do a quick check on your usage and see if your current plan is really something that you need. Your current plan may be charging you for a certain amount of calls, text messages and data usage and so on. But are you actually using that much? Check the usage pattern for the last three months and you will know exactly how much you tend to use on each of these features.
If you think there are certain features that you can cut back on, or you do not use as much your plan charges you for, then you need to select a plan that costs a bit lesser than the previous one and thus save money in the process. Chances are that you may end up shaving at least $20- $30 from your monthly cell phone bill by selecting a cheaper plan.
Choose the prepaid option
Prepaying for the service that you anticipate to use is by far the most fool proof method to control your expenses. But there are two important facts to be considered here. First, you need to have a clear idea about your usage pattern in order to match the prepaid amount with your anticipated usage. Second, you need to be strictly disciplined about not overshooting your budget each month.
Prepaid cell phones work like magic and transfer the control over your cell phone budget, from the cell phone company, into your hands. You can choose a specific amount of money to prepay your cell phone usage and then continue using this amount for the entire month.
This method will succeed only if you are committed to stretch the prepaid amount (that is obviously half of your current cell phone bills) across the entire month. If you use the prepaid amount irresponsibly and then end up topping up your phone with additional amounts throughout the entire month, whenever the prepaid amount is over, then it will serve no benefits.
So the magic lies in both disciplining your use and keeping a hawk’s eye on your usage pattern and your monthly plan.
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