How to Save Money on Long-Distance Telephone Calls

[BSClay]

Standard call charges for long-distance telephone calls can be prohibitively expensive, but talking to your loved ones at the other end of the country or in a different country altogether doesn’t have to be nearly as expensive as it used to be. Here are a few top tips on how to cut your call charges and talk longer.

1. Shop around – With so much competition from cell phone service providers, many telephone companies have cut their call charges drastically, so be sure to shop around for the best deals.
2. Check out package deals – Package deals that combine telephone services with Internet services typically offer better prices for both local and long-distance calls.
3. Prepaid phone cards – Prepaid phone cards offer not only the benefit of cheap long-distance calls to countries around the world, but also the flexibility of being able to use them from anywhere, even public phones.
4. VoIP technology – Applications such as Skype use your dial-up or broadband connection. When Skype users talk computer-to-computer, the calls are usually absolutely free of charge, regardless of where the individuals are in the world. Computer-to-phone or phone-to-phone charges, on the other hand, are significantly lower than normal long-distance charges.
5. The mobile option – Many of today’s cell phone service providers allow free or low-cost calls to other phones on the same network, both within the country and across borders.

[pennypinch]

Great points BSClay. I finally did switch my home phone plan and I am much better off for it.

Here are a few more things that we can easily save on.

For one, change your utility companies if you can get a better deal. Don't be lured in by their cash back offers but really look into their rates and see if you can save. If you can, make the switch.

Cell phone bills are another killer for the wallets. Most of the time if you really look into what you are being charged for half of it you will find you don't even use or need. Cut out the extras that you don't need.

Look into your car insurance and see if you are paying too much there. If you don't understand everything in your policy call them. Have them explain it to you. Cut out what you don't need.

Same goes for credit cards. Call the company up and tell them that you have been a good customer for them and they need to lower your rate. Suprisingly... this does work! I have done it.

Don't be afraid to push the issue with the companies that you deal with. You will most likely find that they are willing to bill you less rather than lose you altogether!