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03-08-2009, 08:30 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Nov 2005
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160 bucks for DISH, phone and DSL. Wonder if I can negotiate, tell em I'm going to Cox or Direct TV, perhaps they'll throw in some HBO or something to keep me on the line. Anyone negotiating?
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03-08-2009, 08:35 PM
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#22
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Colorado, USA
Posts: 1,127
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Comcast cable (HD, DVR, no premium channels) plus internet $137/month, tracfone $11/month, Qwest landline $25/month.
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03-08-2009, 09:46 PM
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#23
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 291
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Comcast high speed cable internet and HD cable with no movie channels $134.77
T Mobile cell service about $60.00 a month...
No land line, SCREW AT&T 
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03-08-2009, 09:52 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 619
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Comcast "bundled" services; loaded cable, DVR, high-speed internet, telephone ~$215/mo. Prepaid T-Mobile cell, less than $10/mo.
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03-08-2009, 09:54 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 4,898
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Basic cable TV and cable Internet --$65
cell phone service --$45 (from reading all the responses I think I'm overpaying since I use it rarely)
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03-08-2009, 10:15 PM
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#26
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 3,681
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$85 for DirecTV. We don't get any Premium packages, sports packages or movie channels, just regular cable channels, but we have 5 TVs and one TiVo.
$47 for Cable Internet
$22 for Vonage basic (500 minutes which includes LD. We never come close to using 500 minutes)
Our 2 cell phones are prepaid. No cost at all if you don't use them, .15 per minute only when you use them. No expiration. Maybe $50/year for both phones combined.
All those costs are including taxes, fees, etc.
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03-08-2009, 10:23 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Boise
Posts: 7,882
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$0 per month for over the air local digital TV. I think I spent about $12 net after the government coupon for the converter box. I check out free DVD's and VHS movies from the library about 1.5 miles from my house.
$0 per month for Internet. I use various free WiFi hotspots around town.
$16.67 per month for phone. I use a T-Mobile prepaid plan and buy $100 worth of minutes whenever I run out, which according to Quicken has happened twice in the last 12 months.
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03-08-2009, 10:25 PM
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#28
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Leeward Oahu
Posts: 17,871
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Cable TV - $50
Internet (cable) - $30
Cell #1 (plan) - $35
Cell # 2 - $8
Total - $123 (approx.)
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03-09-2009, 12:18 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: North Bay
Posts: 1,251
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DSL - $30
Basic Landline - $25
Cell Phones - $150 for 4 lines w/ 1500 shared minutes and unlimited data/messaging
No TV
Total - $205
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03-09-2009, 02:05 AM
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Dryer sheet wannabe
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 11
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Landline phone $ 35
Cell phones (2) $26
cable & internet:$115
This is not too much for me. 
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03-09-2009, 05:37 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Eastern WV Panhandle
Posts: 25,339
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Extended service cable - $57/month.
Verizon unlimited long distance and DSL Internet - $97/month. (Around here, everybody is long distance and DW talks a lot so it's worth it to ensure domestic tranquility.)
Two Tracfones - $13/month. We don't use them much.
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03-09-2009, 06:11 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Central, Ohio, USA
Posts: 2,635
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Originally Posted by SarahW
Comcast "bundled" services; loaded cable, DVR, high-speed internet, telephone ~$215/mo. Prepaid T-Mobile cell, less than $10/mo.
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Wow, this must win some sort of prize! 
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03-09-2009, 10:20 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: East Nowhere, 43N Latitude, NY
Posts: 9,037
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I forgot a few extras (medical alert feature and service) that are included in the higher price item:
All-In-One package - $167/month for hi speed Internet, security + fire alarm + 911 notification system including immediate call panic buttons for police/fire/ambulance, free lifetime service including replacement of all batteries & monitoring equipment, basic cable TV, land line telephone.
Cell phone - $76/month for 2 person plan
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03-09-2009, 03:47 PM
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Gone but not forgotten
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 6,924
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~$150/month for cable and dsl and landline and cell phone.
Seriously thinking about dropping cable entirely.
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03-09-2009, 03:55 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Denver, Colorado
Posts: 6,258
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$180.77 a month (current bill) -- no cable/satellite
Land line - 14.88
DSL - 28.00
ISP - 24.99
First Line Wireless - 49.99
2nd Line Wireless - 14.99
Nite & Weekend - 10.00
Sub total - $142.85
Taxes and other foolishness - 37.92
Total - $180.77
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"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is." ~(perhaps by) Yogi Berra
"Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge."~ Lau tzu
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03-09-2009, 04:05 PM
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#36
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Denver, Colorado
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While we are on the subject. This is what really bugs me:
Wireless Minutes.jpg
Sorry about the formatting (it was originally for my own use) the 3rd and 4th columns are phone lines and column 5 is total minutes used.
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"It's tough to make predictions, especially when it involves the future." ~Attributed to many
"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is." ~(perhaps by) Yogi Berra
"Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge."~ Lau tzu
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03-09-2009, 05:24 PM
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#37
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 607
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$35-40 for basic land-line (no LD) and DSL --varies due to taxes
$35 for DirecTV (including DVR), this will go up by about $20 in 1 year.
$60 for 2 cell phones
Total about $130.
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03-09-2009, 05:30 PM
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#38
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Lawn chair in Texas
Posts: 14,183
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~$100/mo for digital cable and HD box + cable internet (TWC/RR)
~$40/mo for cell (ATT)
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03-09-2009, 05:55 PM
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#39
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 622
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$40 for Internet(DSL) and $10($1 per day used plus $0.10 a minute and free after 7 pm) for cell phone. The TV is strictly for movies and games.
I used to have a $40 monthly cell plan with 1000 minutes but rarely did I break the 120 minute barrier making a by the minute plan a much better deal for me.
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03-09-2009, 06:13 PM
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Administrator
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RonBoyd
While we are on the subject. This is what really bugs me:
Attachment 5850
Sorry about the formatting (it was originally for my own use) the 3rd and 4th columns are phone lines and column 5 is total minutes used. |
Interesting study here http://www.ucan.org/files/Teletruth_...ilure_2009.pdf (look at item 4 under "wireless" section) which says that when all is accounted for, the average cost of cell phone calls is $3.02 per minute, because people pay for substantially more minutes than they actually use.
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