CUB's Money-saving Phone Campaign Rolls Into Bloomington
CHICAGO, Sept. 9, 2009—In honor of its 25 years fighting for consumers, the Citizens Utility Board’s (CUB) “Right Call Campaign” is rolling into Bloomington to show consumers how to cut their phone bills by hundreds of dollars a year.

Contact:
For more information call
Jim Chilsen at 312-263-4282 (office) or 312-513-1784 (cell).
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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 shown consumers how to cut their local and long-distance bills by an average of about $200 a year. The next clinic is:

1 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 23
Bloomington Public Library
205 E. Olive
Bloomington


“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. The Cellphone Saver has been showing consumers how to cut their wireless bills by an average of more than $300 a year.
Illinois’ best long-distance plans, including how to get an automatic $20 credit CUB negotiated. That amounts to nearly 11 hours of free calls.
Inside-wire Maintenance, an optional Verizon 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. Created by the Illinois Legislature, CUB opened its doors in 1984 to represent the interests of residential and small-business utility customers. Now celebrating its 25th anniversary, CUB has saved consumers more than $10 billion by helping to block rate hikes and secure refunds over the years. For more information, call CUB’s Consumer Hotline, at 1-800-669-5556, or visit www.CitizensUtilityBoard.org.