Check with your electric company to see if this program is available and would be beneficial to your family. Local telephone service Examine your telephone bill. Contact the telephone company and see if they have different programs that might save you money. Shop around with the different long distance carriers. Their various deals are often complicated, but can result in significant savings depending upon your calling patterns.
Some programs have less expensive calls during the day, others at night.
Look for the long distance service that best fits your actual calling patterns. Be cautious of programs that require you to pay a flat monthly charge regardless of how many calls you actually make, and then charge what seems to be a low per minute amount. Generally, these plans only benefit very heavy long distance users. Sometimes, your long distance bill includes calls you did not make. If you are billed for calls that you did not make, or do not feel you owe the full long distance bill, ask the long distance company to delete these charges from your bill.