How to Lower Telephone Bills

Video Transcript

"Hi everyone I'm Russ Handler and how are you today? You know, phone systems have come a long way since the old analog days. We've gone from analog to cordless and a lot of fancy features now available on phones. But, as the technology get better, it gets better as does the expenses associated with maintaining your monthly account. So here's the no. 1 tip I could give you on how to reduce your monthly expenses for your phone. First of all, bundle whatever packages you can. But keep in mind, you don't need any of the fancy stuff. You could go back to the old school days where we survive just fine. Generally email takes place of many of the special features you've got. So first of all, ditch that very expensive and often unneeded online voice answering machine. Your phone sometimes for 19.99 you could get yourself an answering machine, save yourself 7.95, if not more just a little less a month. Another thing you might want to do is keep down your international calling. Use an online service, or a webcamera to communicate with those loved ones in France overseas. And try emailing as oppose to phoning, that's always a good way to save a little bit of money. You could even send a video and a picture that makes it a more technological as well as keep your cost down. I'm Russ Handler and that's how you do it."