I've had no land line for nine years and have activated credit cards via my cell phone on many occasions. Not an issue.Credit card activations use landline #s to verify sometimes. What happens when you are cell only?
Credit card activations use landline #s to verify sometimes. What happens when you are cell only?
"OMG - drop the landline, seriously."
Credit card activations use landline #s to verify sometimes. What happens when you are cell only?
"OMG - drop the landline, seriously."
What's a landline??
To above, I should add that I continue to list my expired landline number when it's a mandatory fill in a phone number anywhere I conduct business. I keep my cell phone number close to my vest to avoid a repeat of the hostile takeover that eventually happened with our landline. (It's still a disconnected number some two years later because of the mass exodus from landlines.)
What's a landline??
There's an app for that...free!I'd like to get rid of cable, but I'm not sure how clear a picture I can get from an OTA antenna.
"I wonder if anyone has just internet... not on a deal, or a contract, or a 1 or 2 year special... just a monthly bill for internet. If so, what connection speed and how much?"
I get stand alone internet through the local cable company for $55. per month. 12 mbps.
But starting next month they will charge an additional $10. for stand alone.
Still not a bad deal though as I use xbmc for tv viewing which is free and nettalk for an internet based landline for $29. per year.
There's an app for that...free!
I use this 'antenna helper' app on my Android phone when we are in the RV. Tells me all the OTA signals I can get at my location, their strength and direction. Our small antenna on the top of our RV gives us a great picture on any signal the app rates as 'moderate' or better. With a better antenna even the weak signals would probably be flawless.
Sounds great!
I am saving $110/month by dropping cable TV, and honestly I don't miss it one bit (especially all the ads). I am thinking of dropping my landline soon, too.
Sounds great!
I am saving $110/month by dropping cable TV, and honestly I don't miss it one bit (especially all the ads). I am thinking of dropping my landline soon, too.
I just finished my annual call to Time Warner. This call is to lower my monthly payment back to the intro rate for internet service. They keep throwing in free starter cable tv on top of that when I ask them to cancel the TV part of the service. This is the second year they have done that. Five minutes of phone call equals $600/year savings. Having a local competitor makes this negotiation easy.
Get an Obi and setup Google Voice. You plug a regular phone into it and works great. Select your own phone number and you can make/receive free calls anywhere in the US/Canada plus dirt cheap international.
After weeks of negotiations over rebroadcasting fees, CBS programming went dark on DISH networks in more than a dozen cities, including New York and Los Angeles.
CBS Corporation announced that as of 7 p.m. ET Friday, programming was no longer available to Dish subscribers in New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, Dallas, Denver, Boston, Chicago, Pittsburgh and several other markets.
“As part of the accord, DISH’s AutoHop commercial-skipping functionality will not be available for CBS Television Network-owned stations and affiliates during the C7 window.”
Here's an interesting twist to the Dish and CBS agreement. Apparently, the ability to automatically skip commercials has been degraded.
Dish Deal With CBS Effectively Makes Ad-Skipping DVR Pointless – Consumerist
Wow. I'm assuming this deal to degrade only applies to Dish DVRs? All the more reason to go OTA if a big CBS fan.
I love watching CBS This Morning, but if I had to watch the commercial and local news I'd considering no longer watching. I always skip past the interruptions.