said by Fatal Vector :

"Some people look at phone service for $24.99 and wonder what the catch is... or the old "it's too cheap, there's got to be something wrong with this - no one can sell service that inexpensive and provide something good"... and quite honestly, that group is correct."

This is not entirely true either, since you can still get a basic no frills DEPENDABLE POTS line from at&t for $15. It's the taxes and fees that jack the proce up, but, even then, my basic line is about $32 a month, add $13 for DSL and it's STILL less than Comcast BEFORE the taxes/fees, let alone HSI.

Fact is, packages are for the clueless and lazy and that's how they can charge so much and get away with it, plain and simple.