Landline Phone Services

[Fierce Critter]

When we moved here a year ago, I spent a few hours on the phone at the library establishing phone services. I went with SBC thinking the rate was cheapest.

But I've been paying about $55 a month ever since, and that's absurd for the little amount we use the phone.

AT&T took over SBC, but my rate didn't change.

With my current "disability", it's really hard for me to put the kind of effort it takes into researching available phone companies, costs and services.

I'm asking for help here, gang. Can you please share with me what kind of deals you're getting on landline phones? I was hoping to be paying closer to $30 a month. This is absurd, and we can't afford it anymore.

My Dad lives in Taylor and has a phone/cable deal that costs him $55 a month for both phone with UNLIMITED long distance, and complete Digital cable! In 18 months, that only bumps up $10! We're not eligible, as we're in the unique city of Wyandotte, who has their own cable system. I forget what he's got, it might be Wow. But in any case, they aren't available except on a few streets here in this city.

I really don't care about cable. I just want cheaper phone services. My long-distance isn't even unlimited.

We don't make that many long-distance calls. We pay by the minute, but the cost isn't working out.

Help???

[creatureofthenyte]

My opinion, I think that you should ditch landline service and just get a cell phone if you dont already have one. I have heard that if you have a cell phone, you can somehow register somewhere so if you need to dial 911 for an emergency at your home, they can locate you by phone. I know most newer cellphones have a gps system in them.

But In my own experience, I have cell service through cingular and they have rollover minutes; any unused daytime minutes that remain at the end of the month, get rolled over to and added onto the next month. So for example, my plan has 600 daytime minutes, if I only used 20 of those minutes this month, then next month I would have 1180 daytime minutes to use. Oh and on my plan I have free natiowide long distance.

I think a good cell phone plan would be a much more cost effective alternative to what you are doing now. PLus you can take yer phone everywhere you go, so you never miss a call.

Just my two cents, good luck.

[Dubh Aingeal]

Wish I could Fierce, but I don't have a landline. Once my DSL service offered their OneLink (no need for a shared land line) Service. I told SBC where the fruck they could put their phone service. I do have Vonage's (broadband service) 14.99 per month service. But thats mainly for emergency usage and to talk to some friends I have in other states that have it (free calls to other vonage users regardless of location).

[Msterbeau]

What's a landline?

[BrassFusion]

Ask the DGN Genie.

[Rayne]

No landline. Ditched that years ago. Cell is the way to go now.

[Fierce Critter]

Please, people. I'm serious here. Please don't threadjack/cleverfest. Thanks.

As for going with just cellphone, I've got my reasons. Plus, the cheapest plan out there still runs $40 a month minimum.

I want to get down to closer to $30 a month, or some kind of package deal with cable or something.

[creatureofthenyte]

Please, people. I'm serious here. Please don't threadjack/cleverfest. Thanks.

As for going with just cellphone, I've got my reasons. Plus, the cheapest plan out there still runs $40 a month minimum.

I want to get down to closer to $30 a month, or some kind of package deal with cable or something.

You could do that. the package deal, I know Comcast has something like that. Im sure there may be a local cable company out there that may offer a cheaper package. But you will end up spending Some money. The days of real cheap services are long gone.

[Msterbeau]

Please, people. I'm serious here. Please don't threadjack/cleverfest. Thanks.

As for going with just cellphone, I've got my reasons. Plus, the cheapest plan out there still runs $40 a month minimum.

I want to get down to closer to $30 a month, or some kind of package deal with cable or something.

You take all the fun out of EVERYTHING!!!!

*Pouts*

[Troy Spiral (13)]

The hard part about landlines is they usually have a lot of local varation... and there isnt much competition. Im drawing a blank for some reason as to what city your in.

I'll go do some digging right now while i still have some energy...

Ok it looks like 40 a month is the "cheap rate" for most of this stuff im seeing. Then im guessing with the random taxes and crap it pushes it up closer to 50.

The comcast digital voice thing (if you have comcast) looks promising. Essentially they just come out and install a cable-modem like device which turns your phone into a "land line over IP" meaning it uses the internet to connect but acts from the users standpoint just like a landline seems pretty cheap if you have comcast and its avaiable in your area

Heres the site:

https://www.comcast.com/shop/buyflow/defaul...SourcePage=VOIP

Kind of annoying since it wont let you look at the bundled plans until you type in your location. But i guess it makes since, monster size corp. prices / availablity are going to vary widely.