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New phone choices: slash your phone bill.(Special Phone Section)
Call it a paradox of plenty: As phone rates have steadily declined, consumers have snapped up more and more minutes of telephone time. That has increased the phone outlay to more than $1,400 a year for households with landline and wireless service, according to the Yankee Group, a Boston research firm. But we'll show you how to cut $200 or more from your telephone tab.
You probably think of your phone bill as relatively fixed, varying mainly in the number of calls you make. In fact, the phone bill is pliable. It probably has a good deal of fat in it, and you can find meaningful cuts without trimming the number of calls.
The trick is to think minutes. ...
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