Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Think first before choosing the righ phone plan


Before we decide to choose which cellphone plans we get we should thnk first and consider other factors in choosing it.

Every business owner needs a mobile phone, and probably some more phones for their staff. The problem is that, with a plethora of carriers out there competing for your business, there are a multitude of plans and it can be hard to make sense of all of them.
How many calls do you need to make- There are a variety of plans available from the low end user who may not make any calls, up to the high end executive who is on the phone all the time. If you are not making many calls, there is no point in being on a high end plan with a high committed spend. Conversely, if you make a lot of calls, you do not want to go on a low end plan with a higher call rate or less included calls.
Would an SMS do- many plans include free SMS's so, instead of making a call, consider whether you could get the same message across with an SMS.
Do you use your phone mostly for business or pleasure- The best mobile phone plan for you may not actually be a business plan. If you use your phone more for pleasure, chances are that you may use your phone more outside business hours and on the weekend. Most business phone plans have cheap calls during the day and expensive calls at night. If you are going to be using your phone the other way around (i.e. more calls at night) it would make sense to pick a plan that gives you cheaper calls at night and on the weekend.
Business mobile plans are confusing, and it can often be hard to decide which plan is best for you. The best way to decide this is to look at how you will be using your phone, and then analyse this against the plans that are available.

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