The Today Show this morning had a great segment about new FCC legislation being created to hopefully curb what is now commonly referred to as “Bill Shock”.
Although we’ve gone over what bill shock was, we figured that some practical tips might help reduce your magnitude of bill shock.
Here is the clip for anyone who missed it:
Here are 5 Ways You Can Start Reducing Bill Shock this Bill Cycle
1. Renegotiate falling rates with your carrier
Did you know you have the ability to renegotiate your wireless rates with your carrier at any time? Let’s say that again: you can renegotiate your rates whenever you want.
2. Optimize your voice minute plan
Consolidate, consolidate, consolidate. Especially on voice plans that can pool, you can really take advantage of large numbers of users for the best cost.
3. Optimize your data KB plan
Pop Quiz! How much data revenue was billed 10 years ago according to the CTIA, the International Association for the Wireless Telecommunications Industry? Trick question: data was not available.
4. Optimize your features
Only a few short years ago, who would have thought GPS, Apps, tablets, MP3s or a camera on every phone would play such an important role in your workforce? While these features can be great productivity tools, they can also come with some hefty price tags.
5. Change your behavior
Optimization is a very significant part of how we manage bills; typically at least 30% of our total savings each month. While there are many things we can do to change the rate plans, a big responsibility lies in the behavior management of our customers. Usually it is just an educational process to let users know better more inexpensive ways to do things and bills will decrease as a result.
Look for an in-depth white paper on details for each of these quick tips in the coming shortly.
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