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In article <slrn3vfsj4336b.1nb.kristian.zoerhoff@faeroes.freeshell.org>,
Kristian M Zoerhoff  <kristian.zoerhoff@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 2011-08-09, core <core-usenet@spamless.spook.homeip.net> wrote:
>> On Tue, 9 Aug 2011 14:24:41 -0500, barbie gee <booger@nosespam.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>On Mon, 8 Aug 2011, Kristian M Zoerhoff wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2011-08-08, Eric <ericw2000@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Geoff Gass <glg@tanzenmb.com> wrote in
>>>>> news:slrnj403de.94v.glg@ftupet.ftupet.com:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Eric <ericw2000@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> I had regular AT&T DSL Elite and standard phone service for
>>>>>>> ~$80/month. I switched to Uverse phone and internet (no cable TV) and
>>>>>>> I have 250 minutes of phone service incl. long distance and 12M DSL,
>>>>>>> all for $49/mo.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> is that 250 minutes including A/B (ie local calls) or toll free?  ie,
>>>>>> calls that are free with a normal land line, or are those counted like
>>>>>> they would be on a cell phone?
>>>>>
>>>>> Calls anywhere, other than international. With Uverse your phone is now
>>>>> VoIP. We seldom use our phone and never call long distance, so it's well
>>>>> worth it. They have an unlimited plan for a bit more, maybe $10.
>>>>
>>>> That might be the ticket for me once U-Verse reaches my block. My DSL Elite
>>>> (4-6 Mb/s normally) + phone is about $70 total, not counting long
>>>> distance/Band B, which is billed separately (and cheaply).
>>>
>>>DSL elite plus land line is about $70.  What about the Band C calls, 
>>>though?
>>>
>>>I'm still trying to find a plan that .max might find affordable, that's 
>>>just a good phone plus internet, with really cheap toll call rates.  Long 
>>>distance isn't a high priority.  As his POTS plan begins to approach 
>>>$70/month, I'm thinking he should be getting more services for those 
>>>dollars than he's currently getting.
>>>
>>
>> $70/mo for POTS?????? Absurd
>
>With DSL, yeah. Depending on your plan, that's up to $40 right there. My 
>voice portion is just under $20 for unlimited Band A, caller ID w/name, call 
>waiting. Taxes are another $10 out here, I think worse in the city. 
>
>I could strip the POTS service down to ~$10 + taxes for the voice portion, 
>but I'm too attached to Caller ID. Internet servcice is the killer.

Call customer service and bitch.  I got them to cut my Elite
price (6 meg down) to 24.99.  For some reason, a couple of months later
they jacked it back to $40; I called again and bitched up a storm,
and it went back down to the current introductory price, $19.99.

So instead of $70, I pay about $34 (no caller ID/waiting) monthly.
5 blocks from teh CO, so I actually get 6 meg down, too.

I think WOW cable outbid AT&T in Park Ridge, so no Uverse.

--Ken

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