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Old 11-02-2008, 12:15 PM
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Lightbulb How much do you pay for internet and home phone?

Normally I pay around $60 for DSL and land line (ATT). I did some tweaks around the house and save some bucks monthly such as water and electric (save total $30/mo). Now i'm looking for something else beside ATT service to cut back some expenses
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We have digital phone bundled with cable internet & tv. We pay about $55 for phone & internet. The phone is about $20 and the internet $35.
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we have cable and cable internet, at $45 each. We're all on cell phones, so no land line.
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Old 11-02-2008, 01:08 PM
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Should I switch landline to voip ($200/year, which ~$17/mo ) and dsl to cable ($35/mo)? We also have directv too, *sigh*
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$66 for 2. $99 for cable, internet, phone.
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Normally I pay around $60 for DSL and land line
Same here.
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No house phone just internet which I pay 35.00.
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I pay $55/month for internet and landline.
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Verizon has some really good deals. We used to have cable internet but then I needed a landline phone (used to just do cells) for a WAH job so I decided to check out DSL. I went with the slowest DSL that Verizon offered and I have not noticed much of a different at all. It is $13/mo for 6 months and then $17 after that. The landline phone is $20/month but it is local calls only. I have my prepaid cell phone through Tmobile which gets 10 cents a minute for longer distance calls but that is cheaper than paying for phone service that I won't use everyday.
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Old 11-02-2008, 06:00 PM
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there're pros and cons of using voip. what if the power or internet down
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Currently, my budgeted phone bill is $10 a month, though I haven't had it long enough to be sure. I believe it's going to be even lower, but I budget a little high just to be on the safe side.

My internet is $30 a month. Could be cheaper, but I really like broadband....
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home phone, internet and cable is $100.35 a month.
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I pay around 60$ for phone and internet. No cable
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$63 for internet (basic cable is included but I only have this for the internet)
$70 for 2 cell phones. If I didn't call my family in another state for 4 hours every other weekend we could do $35 for both but family is family.
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$43 for internet (reimbursed by my employer)
$20 for home phone (dial tone only)
$100 for 2 cell phones ($25 reimbursed by my employer)
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Old 11-03-2008, 08:26 AM
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I think we paid about $50 together for home phone and internet. We had an antenna and no cable at the time. Now we just use cell phones and get internet (and cable, for that matter) through the school housing we have. As for tips...is there wireless around that you could go in with a neighbor on or something?
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