Wi-Ex Offers Five Tech Tips to Help You and Your Customers Reduce Household Expenses
The Cost of Technology
Technology has become essential to how we live, work and play. With a little planning, your customers can still enjoy their favorite technogadgets while cutting down on monthly expenses.
Wi-Ex Recommends:
Service Bundles.
Three monthly bills for Internet, phone, and cable service can add up. By bundling services, customers could save $20 or more per month.
Cut the cord.
Use a cell phone for all calls and cancel the landline service. A typical local phone bill is between $30 and $50 each month, which means $360 to $600 back in your pocket annually.
How to do it: Unfortunately, more than 70 percent of consumers experience indoor cell phone signal service problems. So making an investment in a signal booster such as the zBoost from Wi-Ex (http://www.wi-ex.com) can help make cutting the cord a smooth transition.
Go fluorescent.
Did you know that fluorescent lightbulbs use 75 percent less energy than standard lightbulbs and can last about 10 times as long? An ENERGY STAR-qualified compact fluorescent lightbulb (CFL) will save about $30 over its lifetime and pay for itself in about six months.
Appliance Energy IQ.
While new, energy-efficient appliances are an initial investment, when you compare the power usage of your old washer and dryer to newer models, it’s easy to see the long-term savings and how they far outweigh the short-term expense.
The average home spends about $2,000 on energy bills every year, and by changing to appliances that have earned the ENERGY STAR seal, you can save $75 a year in energy costs while helping to save the environment.
Get unplugged.
TVs, computers, cable/satellite receivers and other electronics still use power even when they’re turned off. Unplug them and save.
U. S. households spend $100 per year to power devices while they are in this “standby” power mode.
The worst offenders among “off” powered energy users are televisions, game consoles (Wii, PS3, Xbox 360, etc.), DSL or cable modems, computers (laptop or desktop), printers, microwave ovens, sound systems, cable and satellite receivers, DVD players, VCRs and routers.
There are many ways to cut costs while taking advantage of technology, including switching to cell phones exclusively.