{"id":2827,"date":"2012-10-22T02:10:31","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T09:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/add-vodka.com\/?p=2827"},"modified":"2015-07-09T12:47:16","modified_gmt":"2015-07-09T19:47:16","slug":"my-phone-bill-a-horror-story-with-a-happy-ending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/add-vodka.com\/my-phone-bill-a-horror-story-with-a-happy-ending\/","title":{"rendered":"My Phone Bill: A Horror Story With a Happy Ending"},"content":{"rendered":"
In last Monday’s post, I asked my readers to analyze my budget to bring down some of my expenses so I could save $4,000 by January 1st.<\/p>\n
Almost all of the commenters mentioned how high my phone bill is. At $160\/month, that’s only if we really, really watch our minutes. If we go over, which we regularly do, that number can increase by 40%.<\/p>\n
The phone bill that I mentioned is a family plan under which both my boyfriend’s phone and my own phone are covered. So the price is really for two phones, but his is only about $45 of the cost. The rest of the balance is all me.<\/p>\n
The boy doesn’t have a smart phone<\/a>, which dictates that his bill is lower than mine. But the fact is, my phone is grossly overpriced and I’m horrified every time I see the bill.<\/p>\n I have a contract with Rogers. I hate contracts and I hate Rogers almost equally as much as contracts, so that puts me in a very bad position. I can’t imagine ever thinking that the ability to call, text, and email on a tiny device is worth $115+\/month. But I signed my contract and no matter how many times I’ve tried to change my plan, I always end up paying around the same amount.<\/p>\n Now, for all of you American readers, please keep in mind that $10\/month cell phone and data plans don’t happen in Canada. Ever. In Canada, we pay a lot more than you guys do for cell phones, for some reason\u00a0unbeknownst\u00a0to me. I’d say it’s nearly impossible to find a plan with data for under $50\/month. And maybe I just haven’t looked into it for awhile, but I’d say it’s not likely to even find anything under $60\/month.<\/p>\n But after all of the comments and surprise at how expensive that is (and many of them were likely due to you thinking that I paid $160+ for one phone, when really it’s two), I decided to explore my options.<\/p>\n I’ve mentioned before that I work i<\/a>n <\/a>a big organization. Because of this, I knew we had some corporate discounts that are made available to my industry, and I had heard my colleagues talk about the phone plans. I looked into the plans awhile ago but didn’t pursue it. I didn’t really absorb how inexpensive they were compared to our current plan.<\/p>\n