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Hey, have you hear about Google Voice? (pardon the pun)
Imagine having one phone number that you keep forever, whether you change cell phones or move across the country. You give this number out to people and the call gets routed to any phone you want. Interesting idea, and empowering for consumers: doesn’t everyone have a story about getting gouged by a cellphone carrier?
The thing is, and the reason this saves you money, is that you can choose to have ‘extras’ like text messages and call forwarding taken care of by Google Voice, NOT your provider. Simply have people use your Google Voice number for text messages as well as calls that might go to voice mail (ie all calls!). You can turn off SMS notification to your phone in Google Voice, then text messages go to your Gmail, and that will save a lot over the course of a month. You can listen to voice messages, or they are transcribed for you, also in your Gmail box.
So just ratchet your plan down to voice calls only, and start saving money immediately by taking these expensive add-ons OFF your plan.
