Save $300 Right Now On Your Home Phone Bill

Want to save $300 or more a year with your home phone service? Here's some tips on how to reduce your monthly telephone bill and put it straight into savings.

Not Using Your Home Phone Line? Lose it!

Quick question. If you got a cell phone, why are you bothering paying for home telephone service?

Do you really use it? Or tossing hundreds of dollars a year away?

Most people are cutting their home telephone line and opting to use their cell phone instead. With most telephone companies charging around $25 a month for a primary residential phone line, that adds up to around $300 a year.

But What If I Make Long Distance Calls?

If you make a lot of international and long distance calls you should switch to a digital Internet solution.

Consider services such as Skype. With Skype you can make direct Skype to Skype calls for free anywhere in the world. They have four plans:

1. Free - offers skype to skype free voice, instant messaging, and video calls
2. Pay as you go - lets you make calls to land phones and cell phones at 2.3 cents per minute
3. Subscription - Unlimited call at 1.2 cents per minute
4. Skype Premium - Unlimited video and voice calls at $4.49/month

Reduce Your Home Phone Service

The other route you can take is to reduce your residential home phone service. When you signed up with your telephone company, you likely signed on to a flat rate service that lets you make unlimited calls in your local area.

If you don't make many local landline calls and use your cell phone instead, why not change your home telephone service to a measured rate? You pay half the cost and keep the line in case of emergencies.

Total savings? About $150 a year.

Summary: Save By Reducing Telephone Service

So you've seen three ways to save money immediately from your home telephone service:

1. Changing to a measured rate service - save $150/year
2. Using digital voice services - save $300/year
3. Disconnecting home phone service entirely

If you are looking to save money and need to cut your expenses, start off with your telephone bill. With the typical monthly phone bill being $30/month, switching to Skype at $4.50/month can save you $300 a year.

About Kerry Kobashi

Kerry is the founder of KerryOnWorld. He lives in Silicon Valley and has worked as an engineer and project manager. He owns Kobashi Computing a consulting company.