Use prepaid plans for cell phones

For about $10 a month, you can use a prepaid plan for your cell phone (pay as you go plan). These phones may have less features on them though than smartphones.

Share the house phone

If you share just one phone in the house you can save a lot of money. If you have kids and everyone has their own phone, you will pay much more per month for the additional lines. Use e-mail to save money on long distance. You can write around the world to someone for just the Internet cost per month.

Cancel phone features

Get rid of any features on your house phone or cell phone that you do not need. This can add a lot of money to your monthly phone bills.

Text messages

You can save money on cell phones by not buying extra features like text messaging. You it less if you already have it.

Make calls at night

Most places it is cheaper if you call at night than in the day times. Check your phone company rates and see how much cheaper it is at night than in the daytime for making calls.