Hi Deidre,
You can have DSL without a phone line, I got rid of my home landline
almost
10 years ago once I had a more or less unlimited cell phone plan anyways
I
didn't see a point in paying for a landline as well and I just converted
it
to what some carriers here in Canada call "Dark ADSL" which means you
only
have ADSL but not phone service. Now I have a fibre connection, but not
having the landline saved me about $30 a month. I know by now and
especially
in larger cities even here in Canada a landline may not cost so much any
more, but I am in a small town up North and everything is a bit more
expensive here.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf
Of deidre muccio
Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2017 3:16 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: the cost of staying connected
Kelly
I wasn't bitching about costs, I was inquiring about costs! I was asking
myself the question what it was all worth! I don't even use cellular
data,
rarely, I mainly use my phone via Wi-Fi. My main cost does come from the
mobile phone service which I've concluded overtime is a safety issue for
me
being blind. It's good that I can call if I am somehow get lost or need
to
be meeting someone and they don't show up. Things like that. Otherwise,
as
Richard said in one of the first post on this topic, I could just use an
iPod touch. Or a desktop computer. Though the desktop would not be as
portable as let's say an iPod touch or a laptop computer. Or, as I did
when
I first converted to iPhone, are used a throwaway for Alice which I still
own that had once belong to a friend. That's the phone I learned on. It
was
fun. And then I had a Sim card put in to the for S and I use it as a
phone
and that only cost me $25 a month. It took Verizon about six months to
convince me to convert from mild mobile phone and update to an iPhone. I
don't think I regretted it, though the cost isn't the cheapest. 50 bucks
a
month plus I buy insurance. Then of course I still have to keep the
landline
for the DSL so I get stuck there too.
Sent from my iPhone
On May 27, 2017, at 9:30 PM, Kelly Pierce <[email protected]> wrote:
Deidre,
why bitch about the high cost of cellular service when you say you
want premium cell phone service from the broadest network possible.
Premium services mean premium prices and the wireless industry is no
exception. as stated earlier on the list, T-Mobile has most of its
frequencies at the high end of the wireless spectrum. this means its
signals might not penetrate buildings or extend as Farr as those from
other carriers. This is particularly so outside the major metro
areas. Every carrier does not have great coverage in every region of
the country. It is important for a consumer to know the coverage
quality of the various carriers in his area.
Kelly
On 5/27/17, Deidre Muccio <[email protected]> wrote:
I am so accustomed to having coverage no matter where I go and that I
wouldn't be able to tolerate not having coverage at the local
university or as you say a relatives house. I I know others that use
T-Mobile that have this issue as well so I haven't sprung for that.
For the most part I'm happy with what I've got. It's not cheap but at
some point if I can no longer afford it now pare down the service!
Deidre
On May 27, 2017, at 2:53 PM, Chip Orange <[email protected]>
wrote:
I hate that line ... especially from someone who is blind, who
probably benefitted most of his life from special programs, tax
breaks, etc. for the blind, paid for by taxes.
Chip
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of deidre muccio
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2017 4:00 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: the cost of staying connected
Love that line "I pay a severe premium for living in a Socialist
Paradise." I hope you were not being mocking, or were you.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Kelly Pierce
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2017 2:07 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: the cost of staying connected
The company is TPO Mobile, the People's Operator. It is a mobile
virtual network operator off the T-Mobile network. It is available
only in the United States. I found it using the website MVNO News,
which identifies the companies with the best deals. The price
includes Chicago taxes and will likely be lower in the rest of the
country. I pay a severe premium for living in a socialist paradise
with
its outrageous taxes.
MVNO news also lists deals from other carriers, including a new deal
from a Verizon MVNO.
Kelly
On 5/25/17, deidre muccio <[email protected]> wrote:
Who is charging you 31 including all taxes and fees?
Sent from my iPhone
On May 24, 2017, at 11:19 PM, Kelly Pierce <[email protected]>
wrote:
My observation is that people upgrade too early. If folks kept
their iPhone for four years instead of two, the annual cost of an
iPhone would be substantially reduced. I did this when I bought
my iPhone 5 in 2012 and then upgraded to an iPhone 7 in 2016,
selling my iPhone 5 on Craigslist for $120. Further, when I first
started out, I did not use the phone much and had a prepaid
service for $16 a month where I had 100 minutes, 100 texts and 500
MB of data a month. Now I use my phone a lot more and pay $31
including taxes for 2 GB of data with unlimited talk and texts.
This level of service should be plenty for virtually all blind
users who can jump on WIFI every so often for app updates and
downloads along with downloading podcasts and audio books.
For most people, paying more for cell phone service is unnecessary.
Kelly
On 5/24/17, MamaPeach <[email protected]> wrote:
That is what I did, I gave up my iPhone, and am now using a
simple flip phone that does have speech and it only costs me $25
every 30 days through Walmart's Total Wireless unlimited talk and
text plan.
We cut cable and now
only use NetFlix and Hulu for watching TV shows and movies. We
pay
$64.99
for our internet each month, which allows me to do what I want
and I do have
an iPod that allows me to connect to our wifi to do anything else
I want to
do using that device.
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Turner
Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2017 3:18 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: the cost of staying connected
You cannot listen to your books outside with the computer unless
you got some kind of wireless speaker system.
But, you could do everything but the phone calls and internet
stuff on an iPod Touch.
If you have wifi at home anyway, then no extra monthly fee.
Ditch the iPhone and get a simple, inexpensive phone for times
when you are
away from home.
Or, keep the iPhone and decide all that convenience is worth the
money.
Just my two cents worth.
Richard
On May 24, 2017, at 8:50 AM, deidre muccio <[email protected]>
wrote:
In the last day, I have had cause to think of the cost of
staying connected via an i phone.
First off we all pay a monthly service charge perhaps starting
around $50. Put another $7 or more on for insurance if you buy it.
Then there is the cost of the phone which can be dirt cheap if
it is your first phone provided by a carrier you have been with
for a long time. Once that phone needs replacing however, let's
say, 2 years and a few months, you are in for purchasing a new
phone or a used one, or might pay a $200 deductible on one that
your insurance coverage will replace due to hardware damage.
Add
this all up, and it's thousands of dollars over a mere 2 year
period.
I have to ask what the true value is in all this?
On the practical, not philosophical front, I am paying for the
convenience and portability of a phone that I can make calls on
and text with, and I can do all the information sharing and web
searching, social networking, watch movies, listen to podcasts,
read books, etc all on the run or away from home. Other than
phone service and texting, all of this I can do on my desktop
computer for the price of my internet service.
What would I be missing if I gave this all up? Yesterday, I
seriously thought of buying a monthly phone service for $25 and
giving the rest up. Has anyone tried doing that lately? I'd like
to hear about it!
Are
you planning more hikes or tandem bike rides?
How I love my phone! I love lying in bed or cleaning house
and moving my phone from room to room while I listen to a
podcast, a replay of a news show, or a book. Again, I could do
all this on a desktop computer provided the volume on my
speakers reached the far rooms. I doubt I'd miss not getting
calls or texts while away from home unless I was traveling out
of State. Admittedly, the cheapest cell phone service I was able
to purchase was $39 per month so the additional cost to text and
have a phone with voice over menus is definitely superior to that.
I wonder if I've already nearly fully answered my question cause
I'm sitting here smiling broadly as I write this. Still, I
conclude that I'm crazy for putting out the money to entertain
myself around the clock, not unlike an avid TV watcher, when I
could be out gardening or I could spend more time at the gym, or
finishing a novel and/or the few short stories in the works! I
could even get some kind of volunteer job. I will say that when
I do work for pay, my work being as a masseuse, I do not use my
phone at all.
One good thing, I guess, is that if I go silent, friends might
inquire as to whether or not I am still alive, so for safety's
sake, I guess that detail gets racked up in the plus column.
I did not write or dictate this using my phone. I am typing away
on a full keyboard, which is far more comfortable and affords
much more time for thinking. If I could word process using a
full keyboard or a dictation program that would allow you to
dictate unlimited text, I'd trash the desktop pronto. Oh, no no
no, having a iphone on the blink for the past day was bad
enough, we'll always need back up, now won't we?
Deidre
Deidre
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