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How to Shrink Your Cell Phone Bill in Minutes

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By Jeramy Colvin
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Everyone is looking for was to save money and cut costs in this tough economy, and we all have a cell phone. With the cost of cell service, text messaging, and data plans, saving money on cellular services is great. However, how do you navigate through the many wireless cell phone service plans available? Here is a great way to see if you are paying too much for cellphone service, and how you can save money on your phone bill in just minutes.

Difficulty: Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • Cell Phone Number
  • Online Account Password
  1. Step 1

    First you will need your cell phone number and online account password. If you don't have that available, you will need a recent copy of your cell phone bill. It is recommended that you use your cell phone online account access to evaluate your cell phone usage. The system will use this for cellular plan usage and comparison of other plans.

  2. Step 2
    Cell Phone Savings
     
    Cell Phone Savings

    Log into billshrink.com. Once there, there are two ways that you can evaluate your cell phone usage. The best way is to enter your cell phone number and online account password. If you do not have online access of your cell phone account, you key in information from your cell phone bill.

  3. Step 3

    After you enter your information, billshrink.com will evaluate your cellular phone plan, and analyze your cell phone, data, SMS, and other phone usage details. Billshrink.com will display in graphic detail how many cell phone minutes you use monthly. The system will then provide you with many different cell phone billing plans that will save you money based on your actual usage.

  4. Step 4
    Wireless Plans
     
    Wireless Plans

    Evaluate the wireless plans based upon your actual cell phone usage. Billshrink.com will show you cell phone plan billing comparisons from AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobil. Wireless plans will be displayed based on your actual cell phone usage, including your added features such as data, mobile 2 mobile, text messaging. Billshrink.com will also factor in all the switching fees to change cell phone plans. Finally, the system website will show you how much money you can save on cellular service over the next two years.

Tips & Warnings
  • Use your cell phone number and online access code for more accuracy
  • Enter your email address for updates if cell phone plans change
  • If you are looking to save money on your cell phone, make the change. Don't wait!
  • If you use bill summary from your cell phone bill, make sure you enter all your usage information.

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on 3/2/2009 These tips are great. I will give it a try. 5*

hardworker said

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on 2/25/2009 Sounds great I'm gonna have to check this out 5*

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on 2/23/2009 Great resource for cell phone bill comparison!

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on 2/22/2009 Excellent tip - I know a few folks who could use this information. Thanks!

robinc said

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on 2/21/2009 I'd never heard of billshrink. Sounds great!

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