Saving Money tips on phone, internet

Bundle Your Phone, Internet and Cable TV

If you pay separate bills for home phone, cable, and internet service, you will be able to save some money by bundling all these services together with the telecom company.

The disadvantage is that you will be contracted to the telco for a fixed period. Example of a bundle plan is the mio home plan from Singtel.


Use Skype to reduce Cell-phone Charges

Talking on a cell phone can be expensive, especially international call. To save on international calls, use Skype when you are at the computer.

Skype turns your computer into phone. You can call other Skype users for free, and other phones for very cheap. All you need is an internet connection and a headset.

Pre-paid cards

If you are mostly not on the phone, you probably want to use a pre-paid card instead of signing up for a post paid plan. My son and my wife use pre-paid card as they are seldom on the phone. They top up $10 for the card every 3 months. I don't see any post-paid plan that cost below $10.

Choose the appropriate post paid phone / broadband plan

Choose the apppriate plan according to your need. If you talk a lot over the phone, you certainly want to choose a plan that give you a lot of free call minutes. If you do not need high broadband bandwith, subscribe to the lowest plan. I just recontracted my 3mps unlimited broadplan.