From: michael.trew@att.net   
      
   On 12/9/2022 13:23, Paul in Houston TX wrote:   
   > Michael Trew wrote:   
   >>   
   >> I have a traditional AT&T land line in Ohio (former Ameritech).  It's   
   >> now $45/mo after tax for basic unlimited local calling, no long   
   >> distance, no features.  The price increases are starting to get out of   
   >> control.  I don't trust VoIP services like MagicJack or Ooma.   
   >   
   > I got rid of the ATT landline about 5 years ago for the same cost   
   > reason. ATT kept going up in cost and when it hit $65 for basic service   
   > I had it turned off. I have a Verizon flip phone with unlimited USA   
   > voice calling. Txt, video, picture is unlimited free. It can connect via   
   > wifi for free so it also has free email but I rarely use that. Data has   
   > a 500 meg free limit per month and my usage is 5 megs per month. I had   
   > everything else turned off. My cost is $35 per month including tax.   
   > Calling foreign countries is 10 cents / min so I call friends around the   
   > world for $2 for 20 min each at Christmas.   
      
   I normally wouldn't endorse a company by name, but I've been very happy   
   with TCI long distance, and perhaps it will help soomeone out who's   
   still over-paying for traditional land-line long distance... especially   
   if you're taking AT&T's standard offering.   
      
   For TCI, US intrastate is 5 cents/min, and taxes/fees are minimal.  For   
   about an hour of usage per month, I pay in the ball-park of $5-ish.  I   
   rarely make international calls, but to Canada is also 5c/m.  UK is   
   maybe 10 c/m... some are much higher, some lower.  Mexico is 7c/m I   
   believe.  Rather affordable rates compared to traditional +1 long   
   distance companies.  I opt for paper billing, but they lower the cost by   
   79 cents/mo if you do paperless billing.   
      
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