Use Your Cell Phone at Home and Save Cash
Using Your Cell Phone at Home Can Save You Money Every Month
Even though cell phones have been widely-used for years, the average person who owns a cell phone doesn’t fully take advantage of what their cell phone has to offer. Your cell phone could literally save you hundreds of dollars each and every year if you know how to maximize your cell phone benefits. So if it’s so easy to save money with a cell phone, why aren’t more people doing it? Simply because they don’t realize they should be.
Cell Phones Aren’t Just for Calls Away From Home
If I were to ask you when and where you use your cell phone, you’d probably look at me funny and tell me you use it when you’re away from home. If that is indeed the answer you would give, you’re not getting the most out of your cell phone usage. Did you ever consider using your cell phone while you’re at home?
If you pay the local and long distance telephone companies that provide service to your home by the minute or by the call, you might want to use your cell phone to make calls from home during certain hours. For example, if your cell phone company provides you with free local and long distance calls in the evening and on the weekend and you were to make all of the calls you would usually make from your home phone from your cell phone during those free periods, imagine how much money you would save each month?
What about Reception?
Some people know their cell phones can save them money each month, but the reception they get from inside their homes is horrible. If that describes you, think about investing in an antenna booster or in a better cell phone. The money you save in the long run will far outweigh the initial investment.
So the next time you’re at home and you have a call to make, don’t be so quick to pick up your home phone. Pick up your cell phone and save a dime or two (or three, or four…).
Comments
I use my cell phone to communicate with my wife during the day, and since we have the same plan we do not have to pay for air time. However,there are times, especially when I am at my parents house, when our cell phones do not work.
Posted by: Reverend Abad Perez | June 7, 2006 9:27 PM
We have a family plan with two cell phones -- my hemiplegic husband uses his to call me for help, as in transferring from wheelchair to bathroom facilities, or as 'insurance' when I have to leave him temporarily, such as a doctor's appointment, working outside, or a quick trip to the grocery. It's a lot more versatile than a "help I've fallen and can't get up" device around the neck!
Posted by: Nancy England | July 19, 2006 5:04 AM
I've known for years about giving up the landline. I've exclusively used a cell phone for about 5 years now, and it actually works inside my apartment! Plus during nights and weekends, I can call as far away as Alaska or Hawaii, talk as long as I want, and it doesn't
cost a penny. Don't get a VOIP phone, folks. Ma Bell's just cryin' in her soup, trying to recoup her losses over the stampede away from landline use.
Posted by: Gary Fowler | July 19, 2006 6:12 AM
i would still need a landline due to my security system & satellite dish - so where would I save cash? Ain't giving up my Direct TV!!
:-D
Posted by: kr | July 19, 2006 9:08 AM
Gosh, I've got so many great follow-up suggestions to this post, but I better keep it short...
Yes, using a cell phone plan's Night/Weekend minutes can be a great money-saver. Likewise for Mobile-to-Mobile minutes. Many cell phone plans these days offer unlimited calls in those 2 categories.
As for reception: Most people don't realize that Spring and T-Mobile are technically inferior to Cingular and Verizon with regards to reception (they weren't in the game long enough to have FCC licenses to use the "better" frequencies). Consider switching to either of those if your cell phone reception at home isn't up to par.
Also know that there are cell phone docking stations available to make your regular phone or cordless phone work on your cell phone's line.
Posted by: Auction-Misspellings.com | July 19, 2006 12:37 PM
Where do I buy an antenna booster and how much do they cost?
Posted by: Darryl Kourdouvelis | July 19, 2006 2:28 PM
My wife and I purchased the plan we are on, somewhere around 1987. We have been on the same plan through several take overs and for now it is with Verizon. We pay $9.00 per month, $0.75 per call with Sundays free. We use our phones primarily for emergencies. We may call each other around 2 or 3 times a month and make maybe 2 or 3 long distance calls a year and then we mostly call 800 numbers. We rarely get out of town, so we rarely use roaming. Using a cell phone for a home phone would be impractible especially since I have my land line hooked up to my computer to answer calls, when not at home, and receive faxes. I don't believe people should use their cell when driving, I pull over to the side of the road, and as far as we are concerned, you need to divorce yourself from the phone for awhile and if they can't wait, tough. Oh, in case you are wondering, we don't give out our cell numbers.
Posted by: Skip Royeton | July 29, 2006 7:05 AM