On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 9:31 AM, Eric Shubert
<ejs@shubes.net> 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.
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-Eric 'shubes'