From: scientist77017@gmail.com   
      
   On Friday, December 9, 2022 at 12:23:55 PM UTC-6, Paul in Houston TX wrote:   
   > Michael Trew wrote:    
   > > On 12/7/2022 19:44, The Real Bev wrote:    
   > >> On 12/7/22 3:08 PM, Michael Trew wrote:    
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   > >    
   > > 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. My job requires me to be    
   > on the phone every day for about 3000 minutes per month so the cell    
   > phone is invaluable. I also travel North America for work and when in    
   > Canada or places that don't have cell or wifi I use a small satellite to    
   > wifi to my phone or to the laptop device.   
   > > I don't have a smart phone.  I'm still milking an ancient Nokia 3395, on    
   > > the barely-functional T-Mobile 2G network.    
   > >    
   > > There are a number of people with the old "Gold Rewards" legacy T-mobile    
   > > plan on this website, myself (occasionally) included:    
   > >    
   > > https://howardforums.com/forumdisplay.php/343-T-Mobile-prepa   
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   > >   
   I got rid of my land line as well.   
      
   A couple of advantages I noticed with land lines.   
      
   1. They stay up when hurricanes damage cell phone towers   
   2. They have their own voltage source (48 Volts)   
      
   Cell phones are going downhill as far as useful features.   
      
   1. Most no longer have a headphone jack   
   2. Batteries are no longer replaceable by the consumer   
   3. Same with memory cards   
      
   Andy   
      
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