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October 01, 2004
On NOT having a land line
Goodness! I never expected such a response about that little tidbit.
We got rid of our land line at the beginning of 2003. We were tired of our evenings being interrupted by telemarketers. Yes, we had caller ID, but still the phone rang incessantly. We also both had cell phones on one of those shared family plans. Our internet was dialup. DSL was not an option at the time, since we kinda live in the boonies.
We kept the same cell service, and ditched the land line. We went from dialup to cable internet. As for TV, we continued with our satellite tv. Sat tv still works without a phone line, we just have to order pay per view movies online if we want them (which we never do).
The economical breakdown was: $60 cells + $60 landline $20 dialup= $140
New breakdown: $60 cells + $45 broadband= $105
So, we save $35 a month, have faster internet access and no annoying telemarketing calls. It's almost two years later, and the ONLY time I wished we'd had a land line was during last summer's huge blackout. I don't miss it at all.
Posted by Lisa at October 1, 2004 12:28 PM