[Bulldog46208]

I'm in a bit of a conundrum ... I was layed off from work a couple weeks ago and just received a bill for $225 from Sprint, much higher than my usual $49 bill. I have been going way over my allotted anytime minutes from having telephone interviews during the week, the reason for the high bill. I know I have to do something quick or my next bill will be like $600. My current plan with Sprint is 450 anytime minutes, unlimited nights and weekends, $15 for data and $5 for a certain number of text messages. I get a 27% discount for being a (former) Chase employee.

I tried to get phone/service from Revol ($30/mo. unlimited talk) but when I got the phone home there were no bars, very bad reception and I live in the city. So I returned the phone and cancelled service the same day and they charged me $15 as a restocking fee for the phone and still charged the $30 for the first month of service.

Now, I know I will be talking around 1000 minutes during the daytime to land lines over the next month before going back to my sub 450 minute usage due to my job search.

What advice would you all have for me? There is a $99.99 plan that is unlimited everything from Sprint but I don't think I can go back to my old plan afterwards. I am also open to getting a second phone temporarily.