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Old 04-08-2024, 08:22 PM   #31 (permalink)
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Sure won't be the service subscription anymore. Even the senior service pedalled in magazines is more tgan double that
Someone that is actually poor can get free cellular service from the federal government. A program started way back in 1985 by Ronald Reagan - (For free landlines and then later cell phones as landlines went away)

Current cellular plan is 1000 minutes / 4.5 GB of data

Anyone on SNAP or Medicaid automatically qualifies as does anyone under 135% of the federal poverty line.

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I, for one, am grateful land lines didn't 'go away'.
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Old 04-09-2024, 10:28 PM   #33 (permalink)
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I, for one, am grateful land lines didn't 'go away'.
Depends on where you live. My parent's city no longer has access to landlines. AT&T received permission to sunset their service. If you want to pretend they will give you VOIP.

Of course a landline was $60 a month when my parents finally ditched their landline and went cellular only.
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If you want to pretend they will give you VOIP.
The only two calls I got today was from [English as a second language from a boiler room] telemarketers wanting to talk about how wires are going away.

arstechnica.com/gadgets: How to set up your own VoIP system at home

They don't have to give you VoIP; The land line is a nuisance I put up with to get DSL.
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Old 04-10-2024, 09:53 AM   #35 (permalink)
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Ma bell must be cheaper than cable? No idea as I don't have a phone line to the house, my cable modem has phone jack useable for only $20 @ month extra to the $100 a month.
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Ma bell must be cheaper than cable? No idea as I don't have a phone line to the house, my cable modem has phone jack useable for only $20 @ month extra to the $100 a month.
I'm sure it depends on where you are. As I mentioned above my parents were paying AT&T $60 a month for a copper landline a decade ago. Today they only have one option of cable / internet and it is $50 a month for internet only.


Today, I'm paying ziply fiber $25 a month for 100 Mbps fiber optic internet. Before that I was paying xfinity $35 a month for 300 Mbps service. We still do have a copper landline option here which is offered for $39.99 a month
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Unfortunately our city council has not allowed competition onto the power poles. One hardline cable. Fiber optic ends at the box mile and a half down the street and we're using 70 year old phone lines with no good pairs left anymore.

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