A consumer study revealed that many people are overpaying for their cell phones and their terrestrial phone lines as well. One man who works for the United Consumers Action Network says in the above article that people are being “dramatically overcharged” for their phone usage, for a few reasons.
One reason is that cell phone bills and plans are hard to read, which probably comes as no surprise to you. Many people simply do not know what minutes they have available, they can’t keep track of “peak” minutes, and all the other little charges that turn a regular cellular phone bill into a convoluted, confusing, and very frustrating piece of paper.
20% of the people who participated in this study, it was revealed, pay over 50 cents a minute for cell phone calls. That is ridiculous. They are overpaying because they may not know that they have options. The article goes on to suggest that prepaid cell phones may offer quite a bit of savings for subscribers over the standard monthly contract. I’m not surprised. For many people, prepaid phones can offer a really good value over other options.
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