I own a small business, have a husband who works strange hours, and have kids, for us, a mobile phone is a necessary evil.

We hate the mobile phone expense. But each time a car breaks down, or a kid misses a bus, we’re glad we have them.

Because of my business I often need to transfer large data files on the run, so we run data packages on the phones also.

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After all is said and done, this means our phone bill is our #3 expense, right behind our mortgage and our food. Yes, seriously.

Today I logged into BillShrink.com and told them about my phone usage (right off my last statement) and got a price quote on another plan. Since I’m on contract with my current company, I don’t have a whole lot of leverage, and laso they have excellent service, so I called my company with the new info and my old statement in hand, and asked them to help me find a plan witin their family of plans that was comperable… or I’d move to another company.

My phone bill went from $280 to $140 today. Color me a happy camper.