Is it worth the cost?

I ditched my home phone a long time agoand just use my cell with free long distance, and get internet access via cable.

Yuk. XM

cable net here is 45-50 bucks a month..


I got cable net...cable net rulz, cable net goes FASSST!

cable internet for me in my apartment in Baton Rouge was $40/month and it was f'ing fast! napster downloads (when napster was worth a ****, like a year ago) at 250-300k/second.

Cable is usually faster than DSL. No long term contracts or long waits... and the big thing for me was being able to tell Bell (Southwestern Bell in my case) to f*** off!

A cable modem here is $40-45 a month. With a small router or a computer with 2 NICs you can easily put as many computers on it that you want.

I get 200-300 KBPS, up *and* downstream. Sometimes more...

Just have cable internet at home ($29.99 per month) and plain old landline service ($32 or so, varies).

I've cancelled my XM radio for 2 years now, but still getting service. Anyone successfully cancel without getting 3 months free...then another 6 months...then another year free?

I pay $68 for cable TV and internet. The TV portion of the bill is $17, that's cheap entertainment if you ask me. The internet is a necessity for work, and another form of entertainment as well, so well worth it to me. Without high speed internet, I would actually lose money.

As far as the phone, gotta have some way to communicate with people, although no cell phone.

So out of these - where are you at??

$42 ---- cable
$50 ---- telephone
$65 ---- cell phone
$22 ---- internet
$10 ---- xm radio

$189 per month, $2268 per year?

Here is mine...

$60 ---- cable (includes internet - yes I have a REALLY basic cable package)
$25 ---- telephone (Use cell for long distance - this is just a monthly home phone fee so telemarketers can find me...)
$75 ---- cell phone (I am pretty happy with this one - it is for my wife and I's phones - both with unlimited internet and GPS... (no texting though))
$00 ---- internet (See cable above)
$00 ---- xm radio (Don't have it)

Total cost:

$160 per month.

Really not bad considering how much I spend on eating out, Gas (auto), electric (home), and other hobbies. (4 saltwater fish tanks, home theater, etc.)

Basically - if I need to cut back, there are other areas of my life that I would consider more expensive but less essential....

$55 per month for cable internet
$14 per month for Netflix

Work pays for my cell phone, got rid of the landline after realizing they had accidently disconnected it for 3 mos and I didn't notice. Listen to internet radio, get local channels on the cable feed by default. Life is good.

Interesting thread. For me:

Cable: never paid for it (had basic cable for free as part of a rental deal before, but not
worth whatever it is they charge.)
XM: never tried
Landline: $31 (use Skype for long distance)
Internet: $20
Cell phone:....kind of complicated. Up until 4 days ago, my wife and I were probably the last American family not to have a single cell phone between us. Then one of her good friends gave her an Iphone 3G for Xmas, adding it on her to main account as part of a "family plan". My wife will now pay between $10 - $20 per month to her friend, who said she can use 300 minutes per month in addition to free nights and weekends.

So the big question is whether we're going to cancel landline service. I think we'll probably give it 2 or 3 months and see how it goes...but I bet we'll probably end up canceling landline service eventually, which would take us down to about $40 per month for everything.

For us in CAD :

Cell: BB voice and data plan (500mbs) vm,cd..I pay 65$ wife's BB, paid for by her work.
Landline: 27$
INternet: cable internet, 50$ month (soon to be reduced by 13$ as we are decreasing our total gigs per month)
Cable: 75$ including rental of HDPVR (is where I'd like to save more but can't find a way)

Total is around 230$ mth give or take over 7 yrs it's almost 20K :eek:

I'd love save some $$ but can't figure out a way with these bills