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CUB To Slash Bloated Phone Bills In Schaumburg
CHICAGO, April 17, 2009—The Citizens Utility Board’s "Right Call
Campaign" is rolling into Schaumburg to help consumers beat the bad economy by
saving hundreds of dollars a year on their telephone bills.
CUB’s campaign was launched after the consumer group released a report showing that Illinois callers are overpaying by about $1.5 billion a year. However, the report also said that most consumers can enjoy significant savings by following a few simple steps. CUB’s "phone-bill clinics" have been showing consumers across the state how to cut their local and long-distance bills by more than $200 a year on average. The next clinic is being co-hosted by state Rep. Paul Froehlich, of Schaumburg, and is:
3-5:30 p.m., Monday, April 27
Dooley Elementary School 622 Norwood Lane Schaumburg "Most people are paying too much for phone service," CUB Executive Director David Kolata said. "However, CUB has been showing consumers how to save an average of about $20 a month on their local and long-distance bills. Plus, we have a new online tool that has been teaching consumers how to slash cell-phone bills by a monthly average of $25. You just can’t get a free service like this anywhere else." Consumers frequently complain that they can’t get reliable information from the phone company, which often just throws them a sales pitch for a more expensive plan. At CUB’s clinics, however, citizens will receive helpful tips about:
CUB Cellphone Saver—a state-of-the art online tool that
automatically analyzes individual wireless bills, potentially cutting a
caller’s costs by hundreds of dollars a year.
The new
CUB-designed Consumer’s Choice local-calling plans that AT&T is forced
to offer under a legal settlement. Unlike AT&T’s other plans, these plans are
designed to save most consumers money.
Illinois’ best long-distance plans, including how to get an automatic
$20 credit CUB negotiated. That amounts to nearly 11 hours of free
calls.
Line-Backer, a costly—and optional—AT&T service that most people don’t need.
Attendees should bring their phone bills so CUB experts
can analyze them and give tips on how to cut them.CUB is Illinois’ leading nonprofit utility watchdog organization. It was created by the Illinois legislature in 1983 to represent the interests of residential and small-business utility customers. Since then, CUB has saved consumers more than $10 billion by helping to block rate hikes and secure refunds. For more information, call CUB’s Consumer Hotline at 1-800-669-5556. |