I think I am getting ripped off. I pay AT&T $156/mo for dsl internet and Direct TV and basic (not long distance) phone.

Are there better alternatives out there?

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Ben
1987 190d 2.5Turbo

I would say that is high. Get a magic jack and fire them from your phone.

$75/mo for Internet and phone from Verizon. Basic cable is included in my condo charges, so I have no idea what the cable costs.

Full package DirecTV , phone and internet is running me about $200 a month. I can lower them by dropping many channels, and gong to a lighter package, but I haven't yet.

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1987 560SL
85,000 miles

Too much. I have Verizon Fios internet service and cable HD TV, which costs me about $100 a month. I got rid of my landline and use only a cell phone now. My I Phone service from AT&T is about $60 a month. I'm self-employed, so my cell phone is also my business phone.

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OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

$50 a month for internet (highest speed Comcast offers) + basic TV (which we keep for Ed). Does require that I call Comcast every 6 months and threaten to leave unless they find me another $50/month intro package.... they always do, and I'm good for another 6 months.

$40/month for Darling Wife's phone (1200 minutes + unlimited data & text), $25/month for mine (300 minutes + unlimited data & text). Both using Virgin Mobile, no contracts.

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1961 220b: first project car - sold.
2000 CLK 430: first modern Benz - sold.
2001 CLK 55: OMG the torque!!! - sold
1972 280SE 4.5: Baby Gustav
1991 300TE 4Matic: Gretel the Snow Bunny - sold
1978 300SD: Katz the Free Man - given away
1980 Redhead: Darling Wife

Haha yeah, I have to do this with Verizon annually. I'd actually drop their service and go with Time Warner (faster speed), but I don't want to deal with porting my landline number, which is also a business number.

Vonage phone-call Canada and many places in Europe,no long distance fees
$30 a month

Direct TV Choice Extra package 1 HD DVR and two HD boxes $68 a month
(I get a discount because I referred a friend and they gave me some freebies when I called them wheel and deal which they do)

Time Warner high speed internet $54 a month...too high but I don't have another choice where I live.

Wall Mart Straight Talk cell phone, unlimited calling, texting and web, 3G service, $45 a month but I had to pay $155 for the phone, Samsung Galaxy

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Dave
Pawleys Island, SC

'79 300CD

about 150 for everything, dsl, land line, satellite and two tracfones. i can't drop my landline. My walls are too thick and there's no signal in the house.

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84 Euro 240D 4spd. 220.5k sold
04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting

besides I lose my cell phone all the time

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84 Euro 240D 4spd. 220.5k sold
04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting

You could get an AT&T microcell if you really wanted. But land lines sound better than cellular or VoIP crap, IMHO.

Broadcast HDTV FREE, 37 or so channels, antenna on a pole. Watch a little every day, plays in the background more. Zap2it.com for free tv guide listing.

Net 10 sucks but it is only $15/mo. We don't chat on phones. Free beeper through job/business arrangement. Return calls from landline at work when possible. Voicemail number < $15/mo. Using Skype more as time goes on.

They just went up to $20/mo for DSL. I said cancel it, probably won't bother.

We make a game of spending as little as possible with big corps. The bigger they are, the less likely we are to spend.

Local theatre has $5 admission from 4-6pm or so. Tuesdays are $1 coke and popcorn.

If it involves sitting on your butt, avoid it like it is killling you, it is - electronic equivalent of junk food.

$63/mo for phone, unl. LD and the slowest version of DSL that they offer.
Free phone for me from work
$100/yr for prepaid phone for wife ($8/mo ?)

-John

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2009 Kia Sedona
2009 Honda Odyssey EX-L
12006 Jetta Pumpe Duse
(insert Mercedes here)

Husband, Father, sometimes friend =)

Alternative suppliers for your area? If there are none you might be up the proverbial creek.

My wife just calls in and states she cannot afford to pay that much and might have to disconnect services. Gets a 60.00 a month reduction usually. The last itime she called up and the discount is still in effect. She told them we switched suppliers to save money . Now their costs are higher than who we moved from. That got her the 60.00 off a month once again for a year. So we pay about 100.00 a month over the usual 160.00 in our area. Phone cable and internet.

Here in Holland (yeah well it gives perspective perhaps?) the going rate is about 50 euros a month for an all in package with basic TV, medium fast internet and telephone - "all in one".

You have to pay extra for fast fast internet, films, TV on demand, porn etc etc. Several of these packages have a 10 euro per month extra option for "free" calls to all landlines in the country... I'm waiting for the "free" international option!

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



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