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Telephone companies love to add-on services such as voicemail, call forwarding, etc. In the digital age, it costs them nearly nothing to provide these services, but it costs the consumer dearly. Perhaps this is why VOIP is taking over the market at such a rapid pace.
At any rate... you can save a lot on your monthly telephone bill with just a bit of investigation.
Check your telephone bill carefully. If you're being billed for something you don't understand or don't want, call your phone provider immediately and have that 'feature' turned off.
Electronic voicemail is by far the most uneconomical service that you can have on a land-line, since the functionality can easily be duplicated with a $10 - $20 answering machine that you can buy at your local supermarket.
For your land-line (this tip does not work with cell phones), cancel your voicemail service and buy a cheap answering machine.
Yes, you have to pay for the answering machine, but the money you save over time will be amazing.
Let's say you pay $4 per month for voice mail service. That amounts to $48.00 per year - almost triple the cost of an answering machine that will last for at least 10 years.
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