russotto
join:2000-10-05
Collegeville, PA | So what?
I pay less than $17/month for phone service (from Verizon), so I don't see the great bargain there. |
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Minister
join:2002-01-02
Fleeting | I pay $50 a month for basic local service with CallerID (which accounts for a big chunk of that) only through Verizon. |
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lesopp
join:2001-06-27
Land O Lakes, FL
2 edits | reply to russotto
You must be on the lifeline program.
Here in FLA it is $12.10 for residential service (no bells & whistles), plus $6.50 subscriber line charge, plus the 9.5% to reimburse Verizon for what they paid into the USF (it varies), plus all the taxes. By the time your done being nickle and dimed to death it runs around $25.00 just for basic phone service. Not sure of the exact price since my addons rachet it up to $38.00 without long distance. |
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vic102482
Premium
join:2002-04-30
Upper Marlboro, MD
| reply to Minister
said by Minister  :
I pay $50 a month for basic local service with CallerID (which accounts for a big chunk of that) only through Verizon.
Ditto.
For 17 dollars a month you get what? a styrofoam cup and a peice of string?:)
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I tie a rope around my penis and jump from a tree, don't you wanna grow up to be just like me!!!! |
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Minister
join:2002-01-02
Fleeting | Not even; the styrofoam would come with a "400% inflation fee" and the string would come with a mandatory surcharge of some kind. |
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vic102482
Premium
join:2002-04-30
Upper Marlboro, MD
1 edit | said by Minister :
Not even; the styrofoam would come with a "400% inflation fee" and the string would come with a mandatory surcharge of some kind.
I wonder if you can get DSL on that contraption....;)
Haha, seriously, 17 bucks a month. I wonder how in the fook he managed to work that out.
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nshulga
join:2002-06-06
Morrisville, PA | reply to lesopp
My Verizon bill is $23. No caller id, unlisted, long-distance is separate. $30 for the same + caller id sounds reasonable, but not a bargain. |
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russotto
join:2000-10-05
Collegeville, PA
| reply to lesopp
$2.60 -- Local calling with allowance
$5.28 -- Dial Tone Line - Residence - Touchtone
$6.10 -- Federal Line Cost Charge
$0.23 -- Local Number Portability Surcharge
$0.59 -- Federal Universal Service Fund Surcharge
$0.08 -- PA Relay Surcharge
$1.00 -- Public Safety Emergency Telephone Act (9-1-1) Fee
$0.45 -- Federal Tax
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$16.33 |
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hottboiinnnc
join:2003-08-27
Fremont, OH | reply to vic102482
I have phone service at my other house with Verizon and their phone service for basic dial tone is only $15 in Ohio. But thats just the unlimited local calling...its less than that if you want to get charged by the minute. |
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