Cut Your Phone Costs

Want to hear a shocker? My family ran up nearly $2,700 in phone bills over the last 12 months. And that doesn't include new cell phones, or our landline-based DSL Internet access.

Why so much? We have two adults and two adolescents. That's four cell phones and lots of text messages. We also have two landlines--one for the family and the other for my home office.

Like just about everyone these days, I need to save money, so I set out to find ways to lower our telephone expenses. Here's how I went about it, and how you can do the same.  

Lock Down Cell Phone Costs

Cell phones are the biggest expense in our family--our bills tally more than $160 most months. They're probably the biggest phone expense in your household, as well.

But before you can cut down your cell phone costs, you need to find out what you're paying for. You should start by examining your last cell bill, but it won't be easy--our most recent Verizon bill ran 34 pages, and required a translator.

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