VOIP? On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 9:31 AM, Eric Shubert wrote: > joe@actionline.com wrote: > >> Are there any alternatives to Qwest for land-line telephone and DSL >> service? >> >> Qwest has just raised their rates and I think some of the charges are >> unreasonable, particularly for voice mail and the portion of the DSL >> service that goes to M$ (which is the most irritating since I don't use M$ >> for anything). >> >> For the land-line phone service, I pay $37.99/month which includes a >> second land-line and voice-mail for one line. But then they charge $6.20 >> for each of the two lines for "Federal Access Charge" (probably can't do >> anything about that). But for voice mail on the second line, they charge >> an additional $7.95/month plus $3.95 for an extension mailbox. That part >> seems excessive to me. Surely there must be some other good alternatives. >> >> The broadband charges show as $38.00 for Qwest Connect Platinum >> plus $16.99 for Qwest Connect PLTNM w MSFT, less "bundle savings" >> of $5.00/month and a promotional discount of $15.00/month. >> So $54.99 - $20.00 = $34.99/month. >> >> Any suggestions? >> >> > I don't know of an alternative to Qwest for DSL. > > If you have a cell phone, consider dropping the land line phone service > entirely. I have Qwest DSL, with no phone service. > > If you think you need a phone line for fax, reconsider your faxing needs. > Try life without fax. When you need to send a fax, there are services that > will likely cost less than your phone line. > > If you must have a land line phone, consider using your own answering > machine. > > -- > -Eric 'shubes' > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >