Top Tips for Money saving on your mobile phone bill. (FORUM: Battle of the Networks)

Member Name: dollydoo

Product:	FORUM: Battle of the Networks
Date:	16/10/08 (45 review reads)
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Advantages: Saves cash

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I work for the mobile network T-Mobile in the business sector, and want to share my knowledge of how to cut your bills, check you are on correct price plan and other services you can use.

First thing, I am not biast in my network choice, I simply work for the company and know how they work, I agree that sometimes customers are not happy with us like all networks, and in various parts of the UK the network will not be good.

First thing is, check your price plan is the right one to suit your needs. We have so many calls now where customers and business alike are trying to cut back anywhere they can due to the credit crunch.
The best way to check is to compare the monthly lline rental charge against the actual cost of your monthly bill. If there is a huge difference, chances are the plan either does not have enough allowance to match you needs, or you will be making calls that are not included.

I will not go into price plans available, but you can log on to the tmobile website to check out the deals on offer at www.t-mobile.co.uk.

The next way to make a saving is to pay either by direct debit or bacs, if you pay by other methds you will incur a £3.00 charge each month. Not much, but at the moment every penny counts!

If you want to check your allowance and overspend you can do this now by sms message. Simply send a text message to 150 with the letters al. This is free and will text you back to tell you your allowance and if you have any other call charges. Again, this is handy if you want to keep within your monthly line rental cost.

Tips for when abroad....If you dont need your voicemail, you can either switch it off through the call diverts menu on your handset, or call customer services to have this done. All calls that are diverted to your voicemail when you are abroad will incur the charge per minute of the country you are in, when you listen to it, again you are charged for making an outbound call in the country you are in.

Picture messages are cheaper to send than text messages on our network when abroad, so if you use this, you could save half the cost.

If you want to use your phone for email or internet usage, you are best to either check the website or call in, as there are various discounts that can be added to reduce the cost to you.

This is the main ways I can see how you can reduce your bill, and manage money more effectivley each month. You could reduce your mobile bill by half by being on the correct tarrif, leaving the money free for other things.

Lat tip is if you have your handset lost or stolen, please report it even if you are not sure if you will get it back. This is so line can be suspended and stop call charges being made whilst not in your posession that you are then liable for.

Hope some of this is useful, again I am not biast to T-Mobile, I just have a bit more information as I am dealling with these requests on a daily basis.

The other big rule, is to shop about. At various times year round all networks release promotions that are really good value for money.

Why let big companies have our hard earned cash!

Summary: Keep your bill down with smart use.