Comments on: Phone Bill? Who Needs It! http://www.rather-be-shopping.com/blog/2009/01/13/phone-bill-who-needs-it/ Coupons, Frugal Living Tips, and Personal Finance Tips to Make Life A Little Easier Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:45:59 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Andrea http://www.rather-be-shopping.com/blog/2009/01/13/phone-bill-who-needs-it/comment-page-1/#comment-2390 Andrea Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:41:56 +0000 http://www.rather-be-shopping.com/blog/?p=1145#comment-2390 Great post! In an effort to cut monthly expenses, last year we turned off our home phone and only have our cell phones now. It saved us $85/month, and to be honest, I like the peace and quiet. With two teenagers, I like that their friends can call their cell phones instead of the home phone ringing off the hook :) Great post! In an effort to cut monthly expenses, last year we turned off our home phone and only have our cell phones now. It saved us $85/month, and to be honest, I like the peace and quiet. With two teenagers, I like that their friends can call their cell phones instead of the home phone ringing off the hook :)

]]> By: Jan T http://www.rather-be-shopping.com/blog/2009/01/13/phone-bill-who-needs-it/comment-page-1/#comment-2389 Jan T Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:09:54 +0000 http://www.rather-be-shopping.com/blog/?p=1145#comment-2389 While researching ways of cutting phone costs I looked into Magic Jack and came across a lot of poor user reviews just by googling the name + reviews. It seemed too good to be true. Guess it is. I still haven't come up with a good, workable, money-saving combination to cut my communications bill (landline, internet & two cellphones). Until reading the above posts, I hadn't known that you could ditch the landline phone and keep DSL. My husband and I hardly use our cellphones except in emergencies and vacations. I bought a very basic plan several years ago for emergencies only, then AT&T forced me to buy a new phone and plan because they no longer supported the equipment I had. Needless to say, the cost just keeps creeping up. While researching ways of cutting phone costs I looked into Magic Jack and came across a lot of poor user reviews just by googling the name + reviews. It seemed too good to be true. Guess it is.

I still haven’t come up with a good, workable, money-saving combination to cut my communications bill (landline, internet & two cellphones). Until reading the above posts, I hadn’t known that you could ditch the landline phone and keep DSL.

My husband and I hardly use our cellphones except in emergencies and vacations. I bought a very basic plan several years ago for emergencies only, then AT&T forced me to buy a new phone and plan because they no longer supported the equipment I had. Needless to say, the cost just keeps creeping up.

]]> By: Shari http://www.rather-be-shopping.com/blog/2009/01/13/phone-bill-who-needs-it/comment-page-1/#comment-2382 Shari Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:59:48 +0000 http://www.rather-be-shopping.com/blog/?p=1145#comment-2382 I live in Israel and my family in Canada - so we use skype alot but we also use Jajah.com - great service - I put in $ 15 4 months ago and we are still talking - it works phone to phone! (but the best is when both sides are registered - then it makesthe call free. I also use skype - for work we hold weekly conference calls. Our team at The Friendship Stone is scattered geographically 2 in NYC 1 in MA and 2 in Israel. Skype really lets us get down to work and save on expenses! great tips on your site..... In Friendship Shari I live in Israel and my family in Canada – so we use skype alot but we also use Jajah.com – great service – I put in $ 15 4 months ago and we are still talking – it works phone to phone! (but the best is when both sides are registered – then it makesthe call free.
I also use skype – for work we hold weekly conference calls. Our team at The Friendship Stone is scattered geographically 2 in NYC 1 in MA and 2 in Israel. Skype really lets us get down to work and save on expenses!
great tips on your site…..
In Friendship
Shari

]]> By: Kyle http://www.rather-be-shopping.com/blog/2009/01/13/phone-bill-who-needs-it/comment-page-1/#comment-2380 Kyle Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:04:26 +0000 http://www.rather-be-shopping.com/blog/?p=1145#comment-2380 Great points everybody. Giving my phone company the ax! Great points everybody. Giving my phone company the ax!

]]> By: Pokeberry Mary http://www.rather-be-shopping.com/blog/2009/01/13/phone-bill-who-needs-it/comment-page-1/#comment-2379 Pokeberry Mary Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:40:13 +0000 http://www.rather-be-shopping.com/blog/?p=1145#comment-2379 Well.. Hubby and I do have cells--his company pays most of that and we generally use them to call each other free. For our home phone we have used Vonage for several years. It is one fee per month. I believe its fairly low--he does this bill so I'm not 100% sure of the cost anymore--but I think its around $25 per month. We get all our long distance free and there are no charges for any of the services like call waiting, caller ID, and local calls etc. It works fine. When we were living in Fargo it would occassionally cut out--but hardly ever and was still more reliable than a cell. Haven't used the phone company at all in gee, I think almost 5 years--don't miss them. Well.. Hubby and I do have cells–his company pays most of that and we generally use them to call each other free. For our home phone we have used Vonage for several years. It is one fee per month. I believe its fairly low–he does this bill so I’m not 100% sure of the cost anymore–but I think its around $25 per month. We get all our long distance free and there are no charges for any of the services like call waiting, caller ID, and local calls etc.

It works fine. When we were living in Fargo it would occassionally cut out–but hardly ever and was still more reliable than a cell.

Haven’t used the phone company at all in gee, I think almost 5 years–don’t miss them.

]]> By: Courtney http://www.rather-be-shopping.com/blog/2009/01/13/phone-bill-who-needs-it/comment-page-1/#comment-2376 Courtney Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:22:30 +0000 http://www.rather-be-shopping.com/blog/?p=1145#comment-2376 Hi Kyle, We use pre-paid cell phone service exclusively for the last three to four years. Have internet with Clearwire. They offer a phone service with Voip (voice over internet) option, but we tried that and found we never used it... so we have a set pre-paid unlimited phone service with text, voicemail, whatever we need for aprox $40 per month. I am very interested in hearing more about the magic Jack though! Thanks for the tips! Hi Kyle,

We use pre-paid cell phone service exclusively for the last three to four years. Have internet with Clearwire. They offer a phone service with Voip (voice over internet) option, but we tried that and found we never used it… so we have a set pre-paid unlimited phone service with text, voicemail, whatever we need for aprox $40 per month. I am very interested in hearing more about the magic Jack though! Thanks for the tips!

]]> By: DJFuzzyK http://www.rather-be-shopping.com/blog/2009/01/13/phone-bill-who-needs-it/comment-page-1/#comment-2374 DJFuzzyK Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:55:48 +0000 http://www.rather-be-shopping.com/blog/?p=1145#comment-2374 Hi Kyle, I ditched the land line for making calls years ago. Since I do require a line for DSL, I have a basic line that costs around 5 dollars a month and no phone attached to it. I use my cell phone for all my calls and believe it's not only saved money, but made communication more convenient as well since I always have the cell handy when I'm out. For long-distance, Skype is a great option, though my family hasn't even figured out e-mail yet, so I'm not sure that will ever be an option for speaking with them :) Hi Kyle,

I ditched the land line for making calls years ago. Since I do require a line for DSL, I have a basic line that costs around 5 dollars a month and no phone attached to it. I use my cell phone for all my calls and believe it’s not only saved money, but made communication more convenient as well since I always have the cell handy when I’m out. For long-distance, Skype is a great option, though my family hasn’t even figured out e-mail yet, so I’m not sure that will ever be an option for speaking with them :)

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