NBC NEWS CHANNEL - Think you're spending too much to stay connected?
"It's a little bit overboard," said consumer Bianca Toledo. "It's too much, nobody would ever say it's too little."
A consumer study done last year by a Chicago utility board shows 66% of cell phone users are paying for coverage they don't even use and wasting almost $400 a year.
That's unused text messages, minutes, and megabytes from when you surf the web.
"That's horrible," said Toledo
Toledo, who is a web designer, doesn't use 1500 texts a month, but she still pays $15 a month for them. "I am concerned about going over my text messages. It is annoying, but for me it's going to be more annoying if I have an unlimited plan."
We showed Bianca a free web tool you can use on your own bill.
It's called the "cell phone saver."
In five minutes it analyzes your spending and dials up options to drop dollars.
"This tool is perfect I love this," said Toledo.
In the end, Bianca didn't find a plan that matches her exact cell phone usage but she did find a cheaper plan on another carrier with the same text, minute, and web features she has now. "I could be saving $10 potential savings.." a month.. a month."
That's $120 a year. "$120 it sounds like a lot of money right now," said Bianca.
Click here for the cell phone saver website:
http://www.citizensutilityboard.org/cellphonesaver
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