Your monthly phone bill

[randolady 1]

I try to spend less than $100 a month. 31-day months suck.

[KHURRAM SERAJ 0]

I have a virtual number that is a local call from my wife and routes over the internet and rings my both cells, home phone and work phone so I end up paying a fixed $35

though we talk an average of an hour a day

[reeses16 8]

So ashamed to admitt it... I try to keep it under $100. But lately, I've failed. With his interview coming up in June...Lord only knows.

Radom info. I have experiented EXTENSIVELY with phone cards (who hasn't!), best deals I've found are Dollar General IDT cards, I get 30 min to Ethiopia for $10 + tax. Don't buy IDT cards anywhere else...the minutes are not the same. I bought one from a grocery store once...14 minutes for $10 +tax...I was very POed.

I try to spend less than $100 a month. 31-day months suck.

What!? So jealous. What service do you use/ how did you get the virtual number?

I have a virtual number that is a local call from my wife and routes over the internet and rings my both cells, home phone and work phone so I end up paying a fixed $35

though we talk an average of an hour a day

[Dwarf_Ogress 0]

Marlon and I honestly don't speak on the phone that often as it is expensive. I only call him when it is important. We text each other every couple of days. Thank God he will be here in the next couple of months but I think the June and July T-Mobile bill will be higher!

[brnidokiegurl 0]

usually the 100-200, month of the interview over 200 now trying to cut down and actually last one is only 96.

[KarenCee 3]

When my husband and I were apart, we talked via computer most of the time. When we did call, I used my cel phone. I had an international plan that allowed me to call him for 19cents a minute. Regular rate was 56cents a minute. I paid $4.99 a month for that...and with the amount of time we talked each time we talked it was well worth the extra each month. When I used the landline, I used a dial around plan (one that we use even now) to call him. It cost 39cents to connect and 3cents per minute. I guess it depends on where you're calling internationally. For me, I was calling Nova Scotia CANADA.

[Elphie 0]

My phone bill has never been over 100$ and that is only because we use Skype a lot.

[Alex+R 0]

I don't understand how you could still have to spend a lot of money on a phone bill in 2007. There are so many available technologies. I spent 25 dollars a month using Skype, but if you both have Skype and want to talk online (or use any other VoIP service) it's free. Even if none of these things are an option, there have to be phone cards that make calls way cheaper. In Brazil I used an internet-based phone card that was .02/min. Sure, a flat call to Brazil was (kind of) expensive, but I just used those to say "hey, call me on Skype" or something.

Rey and I talked at least an hour a day pretty much every day we were apart, and we never spent more than $35 in a month on it.

Edited June 1, 2007 by Alex+R

[Cheryl & Medo 3]

Medo and I talk on Skype.......but........ I spend about $600.00 a month on my cell phone bill. Some have been higher I also spend about 80 a mo with my vonage. When he gets here i will have extra money to spend not haveing them phone bills

[Aymerlu 3]

I used to spend between $200.00 and $400.00 a month. It was like a pay raise when he got here

[doodlebug 3]

I used to spend between $200.00 and $400.00 a month. It was like a pay raise when he got here

That is about what I do but I was thinking, once he gets here won't it be the same since he'll call his family?

[Saddle Bronc 124]

I used to spend between $200.00 and $400.00 a month. It was like a pay raise when he got here

That is about what I do but I was thinking, once he gets here won't it be the same since he'll call his family?

Not if a service, such as RelianceIndia is used. The last bill I got was for $37 on this service--and this was covering over 6 hours of calls. Of course, this is an add-on to "normal" phone bill.

[Ron/Sharon 0]

Sharon pay under $5.00 per per month for unlimited landline long distance calls, I pay on average $20.00 or less for an average of 2500 to 3000 minutes per month. My rate is .25 cents per call with no per minute charges.

One thing I forgot was that being a government enployee our lunch time conversations are totally free

Ron

Edited June 1, 2007 by Ron/Sharon

[Fandango 1,439]

D has a virtual number, so I don't pay anything to speak to him.

Now text messages...that's another story, lol

[Dan&Tiffany 0]

Well...at home I have vonage, so $35 a month flat fee - unless he's not near a landline and I have to call his mobile. My CELL, on the other hand runs between $150 and has been as high as $400+ a few times. Yeah, it's free if I wait till I'm home to call, but with the time difference and busy schedules it's just easier to use the cell sometimes. Also cheaper to call his mobile from the cell than it is from home. It will be lovely when he gets here for many reasons - one of which IS the phone bills!!