Topic 'Re: Well...' in forum '' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Well-22100105 en Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:01 EDT Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:01 EDT Re: Well... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Well-22104995 said by Chuckles:

So your cell is more.

Either way you need to shop around. You're paying way too much!There is no such thing as "shopping around" for a landline though. You either get whoever is contracted to service your location, or you get nothing.

And up until Verizon started doing "bundle" specials here, just having the landline was another $40/month (with all the un-fees and BS) just to have a functional landline (which wasn't entirely, due to the fact that everything we'd want to call within a mile is a separate area code, and thus long distance :mad: ). It was only as their trucks began laying down the infrastructure that allowed us to finally upgrade to FiOS that we started seeing more "common sense" options for a landline, such as being able to have unlimited calls to anywhere in the US and Puerto Rico off of it. VoIP was an option considered as well, but Bright House at least in this local bit of land is notorious for lousy service, and about the only part of the company that will work regardless of everything else getting SNAFU or FUBAR... is (you guessed it) billing. :hmm:

As it is now, I'm currently paying about $67 after all told for a family share plan with two lines. I was looking into getting an iPhone when the contract ends (because then I could pay for AppleCare ONCE and be covered, instead of paying some BS insurance fee every month on contract); problem is, to even have one adds another $30 a month to get the iPhone-specific data plan. Granted, I would be whoring the hell out of the data plan for sure, but that's certainly not an expense I can justify in the foreseeable moment. Maybe if things go well and I can get employed in my field of study, things will look more favorably to that...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Well-22104995 Sat, 21 Mar 2009 02:42:12 EDT Re: Well... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Well-22102290 said by screavic4:

I have talked to AT&T about it and everytime I have tried they always tell me $30. My uncle had POTS Limited before he passed away and his bill was $20 after taxes but he could only use the phone so much per month and had unlimited 911 calling.
AT&T Measured Service is, at most, $11.85/month+tax in your zip code. Even with Al Gore tax, it won't break $20/month total. But you have to be diligent and pursue it - they aren't going to offer it up to you - after all, someone has to pay for Ed Whitacre's pension.

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I'm not sure why anyone would want or need "unlimited 911 calling". If you really need to call 911 more than a couple times in a given month, you probably should move to safer neighborhood, or to a nursing home. :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Well-22102290 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:48:42 EDT Re: Well... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Well-22102084 said by yock:

That's New York, not Arkansas, and that's still much better than the $50 the OP cited.
Yes I agree, my point is that there is a BIG price difference in POTS charges from State to State which is why some people are doing the voip thing or cell only.

I have a POTS line but can't remember the last time I made or received a call on it.

Monthly total for me is:

Voice Services $28.20
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Well-22102084 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:10:42 EDT Re: Well... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Well-22102014 said by NY Tel:

said by yock:

said by screavic4:

$80 / month for my landline with long distance or $50 without long distance.

Our cell phone bill with text messaging and internet (cause no DSL) is about $80-100
Have you tried dropping called ID, voice mail, call waiting, callback, etc? My fiancee and I pay something like $20/mo for our landline.
In NY, after dropping everything, a POTS line still costs between 25 and 30 dollars a month.
That's New York, not Arkansas, and that's still much better than the $50 the OP cited.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Well-22102014 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:55:50 EDT Re: Well... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Well-22101995
About the Skype comment above, I wish I could and believe me I would have if we had reliable internet out here. I have cell phone internet and have to reconnect and reset many times a day. DSL & Cable are not here :(]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Well-22101995 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:53:28 EDT Re: Well... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Well-22101982 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Well-22101982 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:51:36 EDT Re: Well... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Well-22101967 said by yock:

said by screavic4:

$80 / month for my landline with long distance or $50 without long distance.

Our cell phone bill with text messaging and internet (cause no DSL) is about $80-100
Have you tried dropping called ID, voice mail, call waiting, callback, etc? My fiancee and I pay something like $20/mo for our landline.
In NY, after dropping everything, a POTS line still costs between 25 and 30 dollars a month. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Well-22101967 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:49:37 EDT Re: Well... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Well-22101846 said by screavic4:

It wasn't a big deal when I spoke about it.

I'm dropping the landline because I believe it's overpriced for the services provided. By the way everyone else speaks it just makes me not want it more if they can get basic landline service for $20 a month for unlimited local calling.
You can get it too, you just haven't asked. You probably have a landline with all of the absurd features and haven't bothered to try and drop them.

I have AT&T too, so don't tell me they don't offer basic POTS.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Well-22101846 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:28:38 EDT Re: Well... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Well-22101833
I pay $3/month for unlimited outbound calls on Skype... and I can put it on my cellphone and use it with WiFi when I'm out of the county in Canada.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Well-22101833 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:25:32 EDT Re: Well... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Well-22101354
I'm dropping the landline because I believe it's overpriced for the services provided. By the way everyone else speaks it just makes me not want it more if they can get basic landline service for $20 a month for unlimited local calling. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Well-22101354 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:05:43 EDT Re: Well... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Well-22101330 said by screavic4:

To get that really good price your talking about here is to drop it to "limited minutes" package.

I wish it was $20 for basic phone unlimited usage cause we would probably keep it for emergencies.
We don't have any long distance plan, it's free on our wireless phones. The landline is a communication line when wireless service is unavailable or when the power goes out and the cell phones are dead. I don't need long distance in that case, and if I did then the $0.50 a minute is just fine for a 2 minute call to let whomever I must call to let them know I'm okay.

Really, this isn't a big deal.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Well-22101330 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:02:33 EDT Re: Well... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Well-22101306
I wish it was $20 for basic phone unlimited usage cause we would probably keep it for emergencies.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Well-22101306 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:59:16 EDT Re: Well... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Well-22101296 said by screavic4:

$80 / month for my landline with long distance or $50 without long distance.

Our cell phone bill with text messaging and internet (cause no DSL) is about $80-100
Have you tried dropping called ID, voice mail, call waiting, callback, etc? My fiancee and I pay something like $20/mo for our landline.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Well-22101296 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:58:07 EDT Re: Well... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Well-22101133 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Well-22101133 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:28:51 EDT Re: Well... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Well-22100782
I can't shop around on landline service cause AT&T is the only provider out here. Either way it goes we are just shutting down our landline service soon cause it's just not worth it.

I don't know if it's just Arkansas in general but all our cell phone and landline services seem high on all carriers.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Well-22100782 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:25:57 EDT Re: Well... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Well-22100767
Either way you need to shop around. You're paying way too much!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Well-22100767 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:22:57 EDT Re: Well... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Well-22100738
Our cell phone bill with text messaging and internet (cause no DSL) is about $80-100]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Well-22100738 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:19:42 EDT Re: Well... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Well-22100722 said by screavic4:

Either ways it goes if landline service companies were not 20 years in the past I think people would have more landlines. Considering they offer absolutely nothing but overpriced telephone service here.
No DSL no U Verse nothing...
Overpriced? You can get a landline for around $20/month. What's your cellphone bill?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Well-22100722 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:16:37 EDT Well... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Well-22100105 No DSL no U Verse nothing...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Well-22100105 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:02:03 EDT