| We all see the cell phone plan deals and minutes | | | | Sue (17 years old) 5 Hours |
| offered in advertisements. Whether it may be | | | | Joe (15 years old) 4 Hours |
| television, newspaper, magazines, or radio we all | | | | FAMILY TOTAL: 16 Hours |
| by now have seen the minutes offered with | | | | Okay, so now you have put together the |
| family plans and so forth. | | | | accumulated usage estimate. Simply dissect these |
| The most popular of plans available at this current | | | | hours into minutes. To do this is quite simple. All |
| time is the 1,000 minute cellular plan. 1,000 | | | | you have to do is multiply the hours by 60: |
| minutes may seem like a lot and almost endless | | | | 16 x 60 Minutes = 960 Minutes |
| for your wireless calling consumption but in reality | | | | The end result will be the amount of minutes you |
| this may be far from a worry free calling plan. | | | | expect to spend on your cell phone plan each |
| A very important part of the decision process | | | | month. So with this family using 16 hours a month |
| should be based on how many people are going | | | | we have come up with 960 minutes. |
| to be using the calling plan. More importantly, who | | | | In this scenario the family is just right for a 1,000 |
| is going to be using your calling minutes. Are the | | | | minute plan and that is lucky being you can |
| users teenagers? How many of your children will | | | | expect to pay as much as .30 cents per minute |
| be using the plan? Do you or your spouse | | | | after you go over your amount. In any case you |
| frequently make calls? How long is the duration of | | | | should always use some math and fair estimates |
| most of these cell phone calls? | | | | of how much cellular calling you really will be |
| A somewhat simple way to calculate how many | | | | making. |
| minutes you are going to need or may be lacking | | | | In all cases the easiest way to pick a plan, |
| is to basically make some rough estimates of all | | | | especially for a single cell phone plan is to divide |
| possible user's monthly usage by rounding off into | | | | any plan by 60. Dividing by 60 you are dividing the |
| hours. Yes, hours not minutes. | | | | minutes giving you an answer that equals in hours |
| In an Example: | | | | giving you a more realistic look at how much you |
| Bob (Husband) 4 Hours | | | | will be able to call. |
| Sally (Wife) 3 Hours | | | | |