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CUB’S “Right Call” Campaign To Slash
CHICAGO, June 11, 2009—The Citizens Utility Board’s (CUB) “Right Call Campaign” is making back-to-back stops in Lewistown and Canton to help consumers tackle a tough economy by showing them how to cut their calling costs by hundreds of dollars a year.
Soaring Phone Bills In Lewistown, Canton 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, most consumers can enjoy significant savings by following a few simple steps. CUB’s free “phone-bill clinics” have been showing consumers how to cut their local and long-distance bills by an average of more than $200 a year. The next clinics, sponsored by State Rep. Michael Smith, are:
10 a.m., Thursday, June 25
Spoon River Towers 401 N. Illinois St. Lewistown
1 p.m., Thursday June 25
YMCA of Canton 111 N. Ave. A Canton “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 $240 a year 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 another $300 a year, on average. 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. |