In my quest to slash costs I turned off my cable, canceled my web hosting service, and cut my VoIP landline from Vonage. Although I did not have any trouble with any of them I simply wanted to see where I could cut costs and maximize the services I already had.
Why did I cut my cable?
The price of my cable was not the issue. My local cable company is non-profit and the cost for 50 channels was only $30. Not bad really, but it was one area where I am experimenting.
I believe I can maximize my internet service more by connecting the computer to the LCD TV I have and watching shows from the network websites (ABC, NBC, etc), Hulu, and stream netflix to it. This will allow me to get more out of what I'm paying for internet and also cut my monthly budget by $30. (More to come on this later, I will let you know how it is shaping up)
Why did I cut my Landline?
The VoIP service I had, Vonage, was not a bad service and I generally did not have trouble with it (as always however just google it and you will find horror stories on the service). For the services offered definately beat out the other phone carriers (cough cough Verizon, AT&T, etc) in price. However for the readers that don't know me... well you can never get me by phone and I also have a cell. Now I was using like 2 percent of the minutes on my cell phone. So in order to maximize this service I cut my landline. One thing that also went into this was the fact that the cell is more convient and can be used when I'm not home. If it were simply cost I would have cut the cell phone as it costs more, however the convience and fact I have 4 young children made the cell phone the phone of choice. Once again this saves me a little money and maximizes the dollars spent on the cell phone service.
Why cut my web host?
This was only $10 a month. However it is also just a hobby, one which at this time in my life I don't have much time for, so I simply cut it out of my budget. I would not have cut it if they made enough money to pay for themselves... but the slackers would not rank well. (Search engine optimization)
Well there you have it that is what my quest has brought so far. Now I just need to quit eating out as much and start being nit-picky on what I buy. By the way my goal is to trim off $100, so far I'm at $70.
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