Keeping Your Cell Phone Bill In Check

It is so amazing that we can make a call, get directions, or email a friend from just about anywhere in the country at any time...all with the help of our cell phone. This wonderful device does a lot for us these days, including suck money out of our wallets at an incredible rate.

Quick Cell Phone Saving Tips

1. Don't go over your minutes

   - Cutting back on your minutes each month can really help, but if you go over that limit you'll pay for it. Some carriers charge upwards of .40 a minute after you've reached your limit. Avoid going over at all costs.

2. Avoid excessive texting

   - Careless texting can really hurt, if you go over your alloted number for the month you may be charged up to .10 for every text. Remember, both incoming and outgoing texts will count against you.

3. Prepaid cell phones

   - If the only thing you use your cell phone for is making phone calls, then you may consider using a pay as you go phone service. You pre pay for a certain amount of minutes then refill when you're out. There no monthly drain on your wallet for unused minutes.

4. Take advantage of family plans

   - Combining your household phones into one plan can save a great deal of money. Extra lines are usualy around $10 each and the whole process can really cut down an entire family's bills.

5. Cut out the fluff

   - Do you regularly buy any of the following for your phone? MP3's, games, ringtones, GPS services, streaming video. If the answer was yes, stop. Paying $1.99 doesn't seem like much, but add up 10 of those and you've got a problem.

6. Call using the internet

   - If you make long distance or international calls, try out Skype™ and their internet phone functionality. You can make phone calls for free and save a ton of money.