Cell Phones: Wireless Services
Wireless services range from extremely cheap to extremely expensive. If your needs are minimal and you plan on using your cell phone only in emergency situations, plans with as few as 60 minutes worth of anytime calling can be found for just $20 each month. If, on the other hand, your cell phone is used for hours at a time, plans with massive amounts of anytime minutes are available, but they will cost over $100 each month.
Choosing the right plan can save you countless dollars each month. Before signing up for any plan, think through how many minutes you envision using each month. T-Mobile is great for low monthly users because they offer the cheapest plans on the bottom end of the spectrum. At the other end of the spectrum, Sprint offers 2500 anytime minutes for only $115 dollars. Other service providers excel in the areas between the extremes.
Cutting Down on Wireless Services Costs
If you and your friends are part of the same cellular network, most cellular companies now offer free mobile-to-mobile minutes. Mobile-to-mobile minutes are any minutes used when making a call from one cellular phone to another cellular phone operated by the same cellular company. Families often benefit the most from unlimited mobile-to-mobile calls because they never use minutes when calling each other.
Another way to save money on wireless services is by signing up for a plan with rollover minutes. With rollover plans, the anytime minutes that are not used in one month can be used the next month without any additional charge. Cingular is the wireless services leader when it comes to rollover minutes.