| In a day and age where our social, working and | | | | be switched on to better deals. If you discover most |
| personal lives are conducted more and more over the | | | | of your calls are to a particular network why not |
| phone, hefty phone bills are an unfortunate reality. This | | | | investigate a contract that offers free calls to this |
| needn't be the case however, as there are countless | | | | network at all times of day? |
| ways in which the average phone user can | | | | Expensive phone bills aren't solely reserved to mobile |
| substantially cut down their monthly bills without | | | | users however as home phones can just as easily run |
| infringing on the amount they use their phone. | | | | up substantial debts. Making international calls in |
| Sky high bills are particularly prevalent amongst the | | | | particular is a gripe with phone users who are eager to |
| mobile phone community. For individuals on a 'pay as | | | | speak to friends and family studying, working and |
| you go' style tariff that involves manual credit top-ups | | | | travelling abroad. Cheap international calls aren't a |
| to be made in order to use the phone, switching to a | | | | creature of myth however as many websites now |
| competitive 'pay monthly' package may prove much | | | | offer access codes that heavily discount the cost of |
| more economical. People who top-up their phone with | | | | calling abroad from UK landlines. With calls to places |
| £20, for example, will find that a 'pay monthly' | | | | like Bangladesh, Canada and Australia all starting at 2p |
| package not only offers them their standard | | | | a minute, the cost of making international calls |
| £20's worth of calls but also added extras like a | | | | becomes just as cheap as calling a local number. |
| free handset, extra minutes and free text messages | | | | Finally, home owners eager to save money on their |
| that all take detract from their original bill. | | | | landline bills can also look into getting free minutes |
| For individuals who are already on a 'pay monthly' | | | | similar to mobile users. Signing up to packages that |
| contract, hefty phone bills aren't unheard of either as | | | | offer free weekend and evening calls can put a |
| callers exceed the number of free minutes in their | | | | noticeable dent into bills that were once unaffordable. |
| phone package and start paying per minute or text. | | | | Some packages also offer free calls to numbers you |
| Thinking carefully about the way in which you use your | | | | dial on a regular basis so making a plan of how you |
| mobile is the first step to reducing your phone bill. | | | | use your home phone will allow you to assess the |
| Ensuring you are on a network that compliments how | | | | best deal for you. |
| you use your phone is important and will allow you to | | | | |