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Can the new web service, Validas, save you money on your cell phone bill?

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Posted January 14th, 2008 by Dr. Dog von Con...

Yahoo! Tech recently reviewed a new web service called Validas that claims to help you reduce your monthly cell phone bill. I used it last weekend and tend to agree with the Yahoo article. I had a $200 bill and Validas didn’t come up with any savings for me. From my own experiment, I concluded that heavy users might be able to benefit from the service, but it's not clear that it benefits those with uncomplicated cell phone use. It was relatively easy to use, which is good (and I like the 5-upload package). But not all that easy for novices…..downloading the bills from the carriers could be off-putting to people not comfortable with computers. Finally, I’m nervous that the per-use charge may be a discouragement to many users. In the circles in which I travel, many are unaccustomed to paying ANYTHING for such services. So I expect many will be resistant to Validas' fees.

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