JUNE 12, 2014

SAVE MONEY ON HOME (phone, internet, video)
AND MOBILE (cellphone/tablet talk/text/data)

BACKGROUND

TOP BBB COMPLAINTS IN 2013 (ALL LOCALITIES, COMBINED), per BetterBusinessBureau, as reported by USA Today, June 8, 2014

1. CELLPHONE SERVICES/SUPPLIES
2. TELEPHONE
3. TELEVISION (CABLE, SATELLITE)

Average wireless bills (4Q2014): Verizon $148/mo; Sprint $144; AT&T $141; T-Mobile $120/month; Finland $130/year

ConsumerReport, July, 2014, page 13: Lowest cost wireless: bring own phone to a new carrier with a no-contract plan

TABLE OF TIPS TO SAVE MONEY (supporting data in the following 5 sections)

1. HOME TELEVISION: (match your requirements to solutions)

• 1a Your TV Requirements
• 1b Video Solutions

2. INTERNET ACCESS (match your speed requirements to ISP offers)

• 2a Your Speed Requirements
• 2b Internet Offers :

3. SMART PHONE (match your requirements to solutions)

• 3a. "Basic Phone"
• 3b. "Smart Phone"

4. WIRELESS SERVICE (match your requirements to solutions)

• 4a Wireless requirements
• 4b Wireless Service Provider Offers

5. USERS WITH HIGH VIDEO, HIGH DATA, HIGH VOICE REQUIREMENTS

PERSONAL TAKE-AWAYS on WIRELESS PHONES & PLANS

• Consider Lower priced Android Smartphone, even for low end user!

• Buy higher priced Smartphone for almost everyone else

• Shop for TracFone phones & cell plans (look for phones with Android 4.4)

  • Walmart (store & web); eBay ; Amazon ;

• Buy Prepaid Wireless Service from TracFone (Net10; StraightTalk)

• Maximize use of Free WiFi sites; Minimize use of Cell Data

CLOSE: MY PERSONAL STATUS