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11-27-2018, 09:45 AM
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Originally Posted by steelyman
Very inexpensive. All you had to do was hang out the kitchen window and yell, “Hey Trixie! Hey Norton! Ready to go to the Raccoon Lodge?”
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The Kramdens' giant black rotary dial phone always signaled the ominous with its superloud ring.
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11-27-2018, 09:51 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Fort Myers, FL & Lake Of the Ozarks, MO
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TV --- Digital Antenna --- $0
Land Line --- None ---$0
Internet --- CenturyLink --- $45 for life
Cell Phone (2) --- Verizon --- $85
Total Per Month --- $130
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11-27-2018, 10:14 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bestwifeever
The Kramdens' giant black rotary dial phone always signaled the ominous with its superloud ring.
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There’s a ringtone for that!
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11-27-2018, 12:30 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: North
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Originally Posted by pb4uski
Monthly costs for TV, phone, cellphone and internet. Since we have both singles and couples, adjust as if you were single (eg; include only one cellphone). Please exclude any promotional credits unless you constantly play the promotional credit game. If you have more than one residence, please average to one residence.
I'll start:
TV.... Dish TV at home $65 and Xfinity in FL $30..........average.... $48
"Landline"... $14 for Ooma Premier........................................... .$14
Cellphone.... airvoicewireless unlimited talk/text and 2GB data.......$18
Internet.... $65 summer (xcl $20 promo credit) and $70 winter......$68
Total............................................. ........................................$148
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TV - $0 (Although if you include netflix then $13 (but DF pays us 1/2 so $6
Landline- 0
Cellphone -$136 Then we get reimbursed $50 from DW work and $85 from family so 0
Internet - $40 but DW gets reimbursed $25 so $15
Looks like we pay a total of $15/month for TV / Cell / Internet.  I know it's hardly believable but true. 
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11-27-2018, 04:43 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bestwifeever
The Kramdens' giant black rotary dial phone always signaled the ominous with its superloud ring.
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We have exactly that phone. As a matter of fact, 4 of our 5 home phones are rotary dial.
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11-27-2018, 04:48 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Originally Posted by Gumby
We have exactly that phone. As a matter of fact, 4 of our 5 home phones are rotary dial.
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Norm Macdonald had a thing or two to say about how much phones have changed:
https://youtu.be/mFjEvl43zYY
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11-27-2018, 05:18 PM
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Verizon- Fios Triple Play (Cable, Internet, Land Line) - $235.00 - Many TVs, All Premium Channels, Sports Channels etc.....
Verizon Cell Phones - 5 lines unlimited talk and data - $233.00
Total $468.00
I know..........
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11-27-2018, 05:23 PM
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Google Fiber- $70.
Ting cell phone plan- pay for what I use, generally $20 or less.
Netflix, $11.
MagicJack $3.
Total $104.
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11-27-2018, 05:24 PM
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Location: Madison
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Quote:
Originally Posted by phil1ben
Verizon- Fios Triple Play (Cable, Internet, Land Line) - $235.00 - Many TVs, All Premium Channels, Sports Channels etc.....
Verizon Cell Phones - 5 lines unlimited talk and data - $233.00
Total $468.00
I know..........
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I'm pretty close to this except mine is TDS for internet, TV and land line and US Cellular for mobile. But I have 2 college kids that need the latest and greatest, and so does my DW. Hopefully in a couple of years I can half this. . . 
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11-27-2018, 10:24 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gumby
We have exactly that phone. As a matter of fact, 4 of our 5 home phones are rotary dial.
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About 20 years ago my dad asked my young nephew (probably 10 years old at the time) to go into the garage and call his mother. A few minutes later he came out with a bewildered look... he couldn't figure out how to use the (rotary) phone. He was just pushing in the holes for the numbers like one would do with a touch-tone phone, but of course nothing was happening After we showed him how to dial a rotary phone he was mesmurized... thought it was the coolest thing.
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11-28-2018, 06:25 AM
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Netflix $12
Xfinity Internet $80
T-mobile $70
Google Voice + Obihai for land line $0
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11-28-2018, 08:38 AM
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When I worked for a utility i refused to climb polls.
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11-28-2018, 09:23 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GravitySucks
When I worked for a utility i refused to climb polls.
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So, you could say you did the poll-ar opposite of what was required ?... 
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11-29-2018, 03:49 PM
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Quote:
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When I worked for a utility i refused to climb polls.
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My Bro refused to drive the truck!
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11-29-2018, 03:59 PM
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You guys have good deals. I pay:
Cable/Internet Bundle with HBO/Showtime and 2 boxes in the house: $238
Netflix: $11
2 Cell Phones unlimited data, talk and text: $180
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11-29-2018, 04:03 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by brokrken
You guys have good deals. I pay:
Cable/Internet Bundle with HBO/Showtime and 2 boxes in the house: $238
Netflix: $11
2 Cell Phones unlimited data, talk and text: $180
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Yikes.
There are some far better deals out there.
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11-29-2018, 04:15 PM
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It surprises me to see all these high cell phone bills when you can get 4 phones on Cricket (AT&T towers) around here for $100/month with unlimited everything.
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11-29-2018, 04:17 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by aja8888
It surprises me to see all these high cell phone bills when you can get 4 phones on Cricket (AT&T towers) around here for $100/month with unlimited everything.
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Yep.
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11-29-2018, 04:42 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by aja8888
It surprises me to see all these high cell phone bills when you can get 4 phones on Cricket (AT&T towers) around here for $100/month with unlimited everything.
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That's our plan. Discovered Cricket from this site.
We never have 4 bars, but the service and coverage works just fine.
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11-29-2018, 05:17 PM
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Cable, internet $100 includes mobile streaming, which is nice. Cell $57, but I have a higher use plan for business. No landline.
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