voyager6868
join:2003-01-29
Lynnwood, WA
 ·Bell Sympatico
| Re: Its more expensive than that..... You pay $45/month just for a dial tone and still have to pay 10 cents per minute for Local calls??? That's just crazy.
Why don't you get VOIP? I have zipglobal and it's 2 cents a minute for anywhere in US/Canada and $3/month. It's gone out like once in the past year. | |
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
 ·Comcast
| Re: Its more expensive than that..... said by voyager6868  :You pay $45/month just for a dial tone and still have to pay 10 cents per minute for Local calls??? That's just crazy. That's local service in NYC for you!
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N3OGH
Bear patrol must be working like a charm
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join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs | Re: Its more expensive than that..... Wow, I'm paying about $12/mo + fake taxes for just dial tone and an unpublished number (no caller ID, no LD service, etc).
$45/mo is more than I pay for my cell phone..... | |
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Toadman
How do you like these Apples
join:2001-11-28
Medina, OH | Re: Its more expensive than that..... I am in the same boat as you are with Verizon. My Cable Modem plus Voicepulse is less expensive than $40 for a landline with caller id/ voicemail and 29.99 for DSL. | |
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kamm
join:2001-02-14
Brooklyn, NY
 ·T-Mobile US
| said by wifi4milez :said by voyager6868 :You pay $45/month just for a dial tone and still have to pay 10 cents per minute for Local calls??? That's just crazy. Why don't you get VOIP? I have zipglobal and it's 2 cents a minute for anywhere in US/Canada and $3/month. It's gone out like once in the past year. Trust me I have VoIP! I use Broadvoice as my primary phone and it never runs me more than $20. The landline is just there for emergencies. LAMO... you're the favourite type of the telcos... 
Seriously, nobody in NYC would do the same - this is the place where you can choose between 3-4 DSL package, at least one cable but in many areas two and countless of VoIP... | |
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| voyager6868
join:2003-01-29
Lynnwood, WA
·Bell Sympatico
| Couldn't you get some kind of pre-paid cell phone that would cover you for emergencies, or don't they have that kind of thing where you live? Here I can get a cell phone, just for emergencies for $10/month and it gives me about 40 minutes/month.
And the odds of both VOIP and cell phone going down at the same time are quite remote I think, assuming you have reliable providers. | |
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91439306
15,000 Watts of Bass Power
join:2002-10-16
New Milford, CT | Re: Its more expensive than that..... The wife and I switched from Nextel to Boost Mobile. Our monthly cost dropped from $96 to $14. One need only put in $20 every 3 months, per phone, to keep the numbers active. Same coverage, better phone. We're happy. | |
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tscoccol
join:2002-08-03
New York, NY | I think he's including the cost of DSL. I have a similar bare-bones line which costs under $7 a month. | |
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TelecomJunky
Premium
join:2005-12-12
Kansas City, MO | Re: Its more expensive than that..... He is not, he stated adding DSL makes his line $70.
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join:2003-12-05
Mesquite, TX
1 edit | Re: Its more expensive than that..... SBC with all the frills (unlimited long distance, caller ID + 2 other features) with DSL Express came to $67 last month. I upgraded to Pro for $3 more, so it looks like my bill be the equivalent of his with a better service plan. The Earthlink VoIP plus 8Mbit offer (available in a few metro areas) for $70 looks pretty sweet, comparatively speaking. | |
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