It’s funny on how much most of us think we NEED to have a mobile phone, to the point that we continue to spend exorbitant amounts, but for what?
I did a little analysis of my phone bill after receiving a nice little add-on cost from Sprint. Most companies will typically award you a discount if you sign up for the auto payment. Sprint decided to go the other route, they instead are going to penalize you by charging an extra $4 unless you sign up. This would put me at roughly $55 a month after fees and what not. Not to bad right? It is when you consider that fact that when you look at your usage.
I am set up on the minimal plan, but with data (which I use far more). Most of my minutes are not used, like 80-90% of them. Majority of that 20% has been solicitors, or bills, and a small amount of that is used for work or for talking with family or a friend. I am finding this to be a complete waste of money, especially since my phone hardly if ever rings.
So just a heads up to everyone I will be switching to a home phone. For the 1st month or so, most of the calls will go to my computer through SKYPE, as soon as I have the $169 I will be picking up a router based SKYPE phone. Over the two years I would need to renew my contract this would save me $1115 over the two years. SKYPE has become highly reliable over the years, and is a cost effective choice for how much I ACTUALLY use the phone. The cool thing is I can still check my messages with my iTouch with the Skype app and a wireless network. Now if I can find a way to use my bluetooth with my iTouch and SKYPE app we would be all set.
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