21 June 2006

Ensuring that the free text or free airtime saves you money

I have heard stories of people that have ran up a huge bill despite being offered free minutes with their tariffs'. The reason this has occurred is because of the lack of research into how many minutes they feel they need on a monthly basis. Determining this information will assist you a great deal in selecting the most suitable budget price plan which will offer you a great saving.

If you feel that you will be using the phone a lot you will need to ascertain the number of free minutes you feel will be adequate. In some situations where you have chosen a price plan offering insufficient minutes and have gone over the free airtime, this could result in a high bill. If this has occurred you may be able to ask your network provider if you could switch to another tariff offering more free airtime or text or a combination of both. Some operators will allow you to switch between different price plans, but conditions do apply to most of them.

If you have had a phone in the past and you are upgrading, then this task of determining how many minutes will be sufficient is much easier. The reason is because looking back on your past bills can provide an indication of your usage and this can be used as an indicator of how many minutes will be adequate for your needs. If you do not use up the minutes within the first month or second, there are some operators that allow you to roll over unused minutes / text for up to 3 months so you won't loose out too much.

Adhering to this does help in the contract selection process and also ensures that you have extremely low bills.

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