Q 14 . Here are some ways by which you can save money on your
phone bills:
1. Get an affordable monthly plan: Conduct a market research to find out an
affordable plan for your telephone. If you can get a plan that has lower call rates and
charges less per second you can save some amount of money on your bills. To cut
short your mobile bills you can look for a low cost monthly recharge plan.
2. Cut down the usage: Avoid using your phone unless it is an emergency or you need
to convey an important message. For conversations and chats with relatives that can
wait avoid using the phone. For mobile phones recharge the amount you can afford
every month and stick to it. Put a stop on the habit of getting extra amounts
recharged for your mobile phones.
3. Allot a fixed amount on phone bills: When you make your monthly budget plan
allot a certain amount of money for paying phone bills. Try to cover all the bills within
the framed budget amount. Keep some extra balance in case the bills are more. Do
not cross the amount you have allotted as then you may have to cut short your other
expenses.
4. Restrict the timings: Put restriction on the timings for which the telephone can be
used. Advise your family members to follow the rules and not extend their telephone
chats beyond that time. Fix the timing during which the kids will be allowed to chat
over phones. Also ask them to limit it to important talks and not stretch it till hours.
5. Use texts instead of calls: If you need to convey a small message to a friend or
relative it would be a better option to use the text option is mobiles than wasting the
telephone bills. Messages related to meeting point, timings, things to remember,
birthday wishes can be easily conveyed through texts. You can thus save a lot of
money which would have been spent on calling for every such little thing.
6. Try innovative alternatives: Though letter writing is considered a bit outdated it
can serve as a good substitute if you are fond of writing. It gives a different feeling
and moreover you can express a lot more in a letter. If you want to stick to
technological means emailing can be a good option where you can share a lot with
your friends. You can also make use of options like video chats, Skype calls, and
video conferencing on internet etc to cut down your phone bills.