Welcome to the Phone Savings Center!
The bad news is you’re probably paying too much for phone service. The good news is the Citizens Utility Board (CUB), Illinois’ largest and most successful consumer group, can help you save. Just follow the five simple steps to savings below. If these tips help you, help us support and expand all the services we offer to cut your utility bills. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has called us the “gold standard” for consumer groups nationwide. But we can’t do it without you!


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1. Make the Consumer’s Choice
If you’re paying more than $25 a month for phone service, you’re probably paying too much. But thanks to CUB, there are new ways to save. CUB designed three new, low-cost local calling plans, called Consumer’s Choice, and AT&T is required to offer them. There are three packages, Consumer’s Choice Basic, Extra and Plus, designed to match the way most consumers use their phone.

To find the plan that’s right for you, get out your phone bill and use CUB’s Local Phone Cost-cutter or call our Phone Savings Hotline at 1-866-688-4282. We’ll do a complete phone bill analysis and even call AT&T to help you switch calling plans.
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3. Drop “Line-Backer.”
Too many people pay $7 per month for an OPTIONAL AT&T service that insures the phone wires inside your home. But what the phone company doesn’t tell you is that repairs to those inside wires are extremely rare, only occurring about once every 30 years. Drop Linebacker and you’ll cut your phone bills by $84 a year. Your savings will more than cover the cost of any inside wire repair in the unlikely event you need one.
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5. Don’t pay for directory assistance.
Avoid paying up to $2 per call for traditional “411” service. Instead, get the number for free. There are numerous on-line white and yellow pages that give both residential and business listings free of charge. If you don’t have Internet access—
or need a number when you’re not at a computer—try 
1-800-FREE 411 for a residential or business listing or
1-800-goog 411 or 1-800-555 TELL for business numbers.