my phone bill

i just received my phone bill a few days back and guess what i discovered?! my phone bill had dropped about $10!

a few weeks back, i'd made a call to M1, my phone service provider and requested a change of my usage plan. it's time for a change because my previous plan (SunText) allowed me a ridiculous number (1000 free SMSes/mth) of SMSes that i previously had been (almost, think in the range of 700-800) fully utilising. until recently, my SMS usage has dropped drastically (like <400/mth) and hence the phone bill amount i'm paying for warranted some looking into.

my normal phone bill previously would be in the $40+ range. this bill was $51-odd. fret not, i haven't failed my maths yet. this $51-odd amount is including a topping-up exercise i'd done on my mum's pre-paid phone number. so $51 - $18 would be $33! goodness i was really surprised. should have done the change sooner had i not been so hesitant.

my parents were naggy on this. when i told them about this $10 difference, they'd then go on about how i'd wanted to change plans months back when i came back from studies down under, and then being so hesitant about it. yeah yeah... so i'd finally made the change. good for me right? i must say, my phone bill had been dropping all this while, which is definitely a good thing. maybe it's also due to the fact that i'm in the office most of the time and receive more calls on my land line extension there than on my phone. and at least now i don't have to pay every time so telemarketer decides to try their luck on my phone number. i was on free outgoing calls all day previously, now it's free incoming calls all day. i'd think the difference is apparent enough.

*rrr*