Complicated telephone situation!
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Complicated telephone situation!
| Thu, 02-05-2009 - 8:25pm |
I'm so frustrated with our current telephone situation and would appreciate any ideas that might reduce our bottom line.
We live in Western, MA and our accounts are with Verizon.
We have two structures on the property...a cottage (shack) where we live and a barn.

I will tell you that for what you're paying for two phone lines with Verizon, you COULD get cable internet. It's a more reliable connection and is miles ahead in speed. I do not know what you use the internet for (other than using ivillage.. hehehe) but you might find you enjoy having a better connection.
You CAN get cell phones that are pre-paid. The costs vary. Yes, you would be able to retrieve any messages on the phone by accessing your voicemail (most of them come with voicemail as a standard feature). You can also get ones that offer you free nights and weekends (so you wouldn't use any minutes if you needed to make or receive a call on the weekends or at night). I don't know what kind of phone calls you have to make,
Question how handy is your husband? I don't know anything about Verizon but if you had a standard land line and the distance is not that far from the barn and the cottage This might be something you can do.
Most ATT land lines have a box with 4 leads connected to the outside of a house. Sometimes if it is really big house ATT will put on bigger box on your house with six leads on in for extentions in the house.
People have
Bex -
"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift -thats why its called the present."
Bex -
Why not check out the cost for one phone line with DSL internet.
I agree about never being without a cell phone. I've had a couple of scary incidents that I was ever so grateful for that tiny piece of equipment sitting on the seat next to me.
I had to laugh about your phone is for talking/computer for texting comment. I can't hear with a darn (something happened to my inner ears when my mom and I went to Alaska in 2007 -- hasn't been the same since) so I text A LOT. It seems, for me, to be the best way to communicate. However, I do NOT text while driving (I also try and avoid talking while driving...).
Me too: a couple scary incidents when I was grateful I had my cell phone.
I agree, I cannot be without the cell phone.
Norma
"Patience is the best remedy for every trouble"- Plautus
My older daughter has a cell phone on our plan. She rarely uses it to call anyone,
Brandee -
Yours sounds like mine (daugher 17), good kid, nice friends too.
Thanks for the reminder: that's the primary reason I have the POTS at the house: the alarm system.