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Pay Less for Phone Services

From Home to Cell

Gregory Karp

Phone at Home: Pay Less for Your Landline

Getting your spending right on your home phone service isn’t difficult, but you must regularly match what you use compared with what’s offered in the fast-changing telecommunications marketplace. The good news is you can almost certainly cut your telecom spending if you know a few basic strategies.

American households that use landline local and long-distance phone services spend an average of $50 a month, or $600 a year, according to market-research firm TNS Telecoms.

The basic concept behind not overpaying for home phone service is to avoid ...

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