$1,200 a year !!

Phantom Pain

I'm saving just by changing my cable bill and eliminating my land line !!

Amazing how much we blow without thinking about it

The small amount of calls we made with the house line was not worth $68 a month !

We have a shared family plan on our cell with 700 minutes we're usaully around 250-300 a month

neilybabes86

Phantom Pain wrote:

I'm saving just by changing my cable bill and eliminating my land line !!

Amazing how much we blow without thinking about it

The small amount of calls we made with the house line was not worth $68 a month !

We have a shared family plan on our cell with 700 minutes we're usaully around 250-300 a month

haven't had a house phone in 4 years

DeLukin

How did you change your cable bill?

he still stands

No TV
No phone
No internet
No car loan
No horse, no wife, no mustache...

SPEEDY MCCREADY

I hear ya...

I told comcast to stick their cable up their ass, over a year ago.

Havent had a land line in 4 years.......

Paid off both cars 2 years ago.....

BinauralJam

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

I hear ya...

I told comcast to stick their cable up their ass, over a year ago.

Havent had a land line in 4 years.......

Paid off both cars 2 years ago.....

Payin off the car is a Good Feelin. It won't last forever, but at least you get a brake for a few years.

Phantom Pain

DeLukin wrote:

How did you change your cable bill?

I had a "Preferred Plan" which gave me crap channels when I really looked at

I downgraded to "Expanded Basic" with HD of course internet as well

Went from $144 to $107

Phantom Pain

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

I hear ya...

I told comcast to stick their cable up their ass, over a year ago.

Havent had a land line in 4 years.......

Paid off both cars 2 years ago.....

Sweet!

The lady on the phone used a scare tactic almost when i said Im cancelling

"You know if you call 911 the operator cannot see your address through your cell phone account...only the general area"

I'm sure its a legal thing but it sounded like a scare tactic the way she put it

Rygar

Phantom Pain wrote:

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

I hear ya...

I told comcast to stick their cable up their ass, over a year ago.

Havent had a land line in 4 years.......

Paid off both cars 2 years ago.....

Sweet!

The lady on the phone used a scare tactic almost when i said Im cancelling

"You know if you call 911 the operator cannot see your address through your cell phone account...only the general area"

I'm sure its a legal thing but it sounded like a scare tactic the way she put it

Well that is true. Landlines (should) have the address attached to them so that when you call 911 your civic address automatically populates the calltakers software along with your number. GPS and triangulation are used for cell phone calls (in most places), but if you call 911 and know the civic address that's all you need.

81

if i'm calling 911 from a cell vs a landline at home, i think i might be able to give them the address. :roll:

81

we have a home phone which is part of our internet package. we then have pre paid cell phones. at the end of the day, it's cheaper than having a a cell phone contract.

81

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

I told comcast to stick their cable up their ass, over a year ago.

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i hate comcast with a passion. we dumped them as soon as we could and switched to Dish for TV and WOW! for internet/phone.

i'd like to get fios but it's not avialable yet.

peacegirl

81 wrote:

we have a home phone which is part of our internet package. we then have pre paid cell phones. at the end of the day, it's cheaper than having a a cell phone contract.

I have pre paid cell too and for me it is cheaper than having a contract
I have a land line for my internet but I don't have a phone hooked up...so if someone calls my number it just rings and rings on their end!

chadwick

Phantom Pain wrote:

I'm saving just by changing my cable bill and eliminating my land line !!

Amazing how much we blow without thinking about it

The small amount of calls we made with the house line was not worth $68 a month !

We have a shared family plan on our cell with 700 minutes we're usaully around 250-300 a month

i save money this way too.
no cable tv.
and no cell phone.
i do have a home phone.
if i ever have a cell phone it will be to soon.

DeLukin

Phantom Pain wrote:

DeLukin wrote:

How did you change your cable bill?

I had a "Preferred Plan" which gave me crap channels when I really looked at

I downgraded to "Expanded Basic" with HD of course internet as well

Went from $144 to $107

Nice! I'm thinking about downgrading my Dish plan. I love the NHL on Vs and VH1 classic, but Encoure is crap. And I don't know about cable companies but Dish charges me $5 to downgrade which drives me nuts. Of course with the NHL post season starting in a few days, Imma need my VS... that's how they get you, right?

covered in bliss

81 wrote:

we have a home phone which is part of our internet package. we then have pre paid cell phones. at the end of the day, it's cheaper than having a a cell phone contract.

That's the way to do it.

Whenever my cell rings, I get flustered because it's most likely something urgent. Everyone I talk to calls me at home; they know I hate having a casual conversation on an awkward shaped (flat) phone.

Using the OP's prices, one year of home phone=816.00........one year of Cell phone=3600.00

One Song Glory

No cable whatsoever (I catch up on shows later on DVD) and I haven't had a land line in 4 years. My cell phone is always around and I have a good plan for it so I don't see the need for it for a second phone that I don't need. Internet is a must, but I can do without TV.

Rygar

covered in bliss wrote:

81 wrote:

we have a home phone which is part of our internet package. we then have pre paid cell phones. at the end of the day, it's cheaper than having a a cell phone contract.

That's the way to do it.

Whenever my cell rings, I get flustered because it's most likely something urgent. Everyone I talk to calls me at home; they know I hate having a casual conversation on an awkward shaped (flat) phone.

Using the OP's prices, one year of home phone=816.00........one year of Cell phone=3600.00

I think OP's 250-300 a month was minutes used out of 700, not $$?

Yellow Ledbelly

KO282453 wrote:

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

I hear ya...

I told comcast to stick their cable up their ass, over a year ago.

Havent had a land line in 4 years.......

Paid off both cars 2 years ago.....

Payin off the car is a Good Feelin. It won't last forever, but at least you get a brake for a few years.

I've just got like four months left to pay off my truck and I can't wait!
I did away with my land line around four years ago too. I never used it and was paying $75 a month for basically no purpose other than giving telemarketers a way to hassle me. Life is so much better without telemarketers.
I am also without internet service for around 3 years. That was mostly due to the fact that I live out of town and can't get anything but dial-up, so the high-speed connection at work made it to where I could no longer stand using it at the house. I really don't miss it though

81

DeLukin wrote:

Phantom Pain wrote:

DeLukin wrote:

How did you change your cable bill?

I had a "Preferred Plan" which gave me crap channels when I really looked at

I downgraded to "Expanded Basic" with HD of course internet as well

Went from $144 to $107

Nice! I'm thinking about downgrading my Dish plan. I love the NHL on Vs and VH1 classic, but Encoure is crap. And I don't know about cable companies but Dish charges me $5 to downgrade which drives me nuts. Of course with the NHL post season starting in a few days, Imma need my VS... that's how they get you, right?

center ice baby....

i've never heard them charging to downgrade. if you ask, i'm sure they will wave it. also, if you call them up and say you are thinking of switching to cable or diret tv, i guarentee they will give you a discount.

we have america's 250 and pay right around $75 with taxes and fee's.

covered in bliss

Rygar wrote:

covered in bliss wrote:

81 wrote:

we have a home phone which is part of our internet package. we then have pre paid cell phones. at the end of the day, it's cheaper than having a a cell phone contract.

That's the way to do it.

Whenever my cell rings, I get flustered because it's most likely something urgent. Everyone I talk to calls me at home; they know I hate having a casual conversation on an awkward shaped (flat) phone.

Using the OP's prices, one year of home phone=816.00........one year of Cell phone=3600.00

I think OP's 250-300 a month was minutes used out of 700, not $$?

Could be. You're probably right. Someone was just telling me that she pays around 300 a month for her family plan .. they have like 6 blackberry's (blackberries?). That's nuts.