Goodbye cell phone bill
Up until last week I’ve always had to carry around 2 cell phones. A Blackberry 7250 for work which was payed for by my employer, then my personal Motorola Q which I was paying for myself. I was happy with this arrangement because the Blackberry had an unlimited data plan so I could get all my emails (personal and business related) on that device, so it wasn’t necessary for me to have data on my personal phone, which in result kept my personal cell phone bill reasonable.
One of my responsibilities at work is to maintain all the Blackberrys for our reps worldwide and I’ve been doing a good job at it for the past 2 years. Our company recently changed their expense policy so that reps can no longer submit their personal cell phone bills at month end, since we would end up paying for 2 cell phones per rep. We decided to pay for one device per rep, in result saving the company a lot of money. My boss told me to go ahead and port my personal line over to our corporate bill, upgrade my device to the latest model Blackberry and disconnect my current Blackberry. Which was needless to say great news, considering I wasn’t submitting my personal cellphone bill for reimbursement.
So now I have the latest model Blackberry (8830) with voice and unlimited data. I was able to keep my personal phone number which I’ve had for years now, and the best part about it all is I no longer have to worry about paying a monthly cell phone bill.