People with cell phones and cable internet... any problems w/no land line?

[Deja Q]

I want to move from Qwest DSL to Comcast cable and nix my phone bill entirely. (I'd rather not nix my cell phone - useful and I'm in a contract...)

What sort of fees are tacked on each month? The base prices on comcast's website don't say this. :)


Thx!

[Tripper11]

1. We switched for a bit....

I think the rate was something like $29.99 for 3 months. it was a special, with unlimited long distance in the States.
We had a "duh" moment because we have TIVO which uses a normal phone line instead of a VOIP phone line which is what Comcast is, so we couldn't get updates.
Anyway, the service when we had it was fine, expcept that one day the internet was down, when the internet is down, so is your phone. I have also heard that sometimes 911 calls can be a bit of a problem.
We just ended up going back to a regular phone service.
We rarely make enough long distance calls to make a huge difference. We also have unlimited long distance on weekends with our cell phones, which we take advantage of.

[jberryhill]

10. You can plug your TIVO into your broadband connection...

The TIVO has a USB connection on the back, which will accept an Ethernet to USB adapter. You don't need a phone line.

[shanti]

2. i have both and

still have my landline. dunno, just don't feel inclined to get rid of it. i've had the number for about 15 years now.

[CanuckAmok]

3. I got rid of my land-line. $40/month?! For what?!

I just have a cell now.

The only down-side is that I have to go to my neighbour's place to fax anything, and I have to fax stuff quite often.

[kcr]

4. We went to Vonage

Our cost is 24.99 per month, and with fees and taxes that coe sout to just a couple of pennies under 29 dollars.

Advantages:

MUCH cheaper than BellSouth -- we paid almost 95 dollars a month for the same service

Disadvantages:

When the power goes, so does your phone
911 calls are not automaticly sent to the correct place with your address attached. We had someone crash into the fence of our next door neighbor several nights ago and when I called 911 they had to ask me where I was calling from and route the call. If Junior had had Vonage, Tony Soprano would have been dead.

The sound quality is the same, IMO, and installation is a literal breeze. The phone does have to connect to a modem that connects to your network, but if you have a wireless phone system, you can plug one base in next to the modem and the others anywhere you want.

[targetpractice]

5. I'm am sooo progressively digital, but ...

... I really dislike talking to my friends who have Vonage. I hear constant clicking and drop outs... really annoying. However, they claim everything sounds fine on their end.

I live in NYC, and I consolidated phone, cable and internet into one RCN account. I transferred my landline numbers to RCN with no problem. However, I exclusively answer my cell phone these days because incoming landline calls are always telemarketing.

[YouthInAsia]

6. I havent had a land line in 5 years. no probs at all here.

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

7. I have no land line

and pay the same amount of money every month for both. Its quite good :D

[flvegan]

8. Well, for one, when I can't find my cell phone, I use

the charity's land line to call it so I can hone in on it.

[leeroysphitz]

9. Other than the near CONSTANT nsa surveillance? No. nt

[Deja Q]

15. Aw man! The NSA must be even more desperate for human contact!

:spray: :rofl:

[LeftyMom]

11. I would have said no until yesterday

But I've never washed a land line in my pants, so that's something they have going for them. A broken phone won't cost over $200, which is another.

[flvegan]

12. "But I've never washed a land line in my pants"

Sure you haven't.
:rofl: :rofl:

[LeftyMom]

13. Don't make me

uh, I should have a threat here but I can't think of one you won't make into a sex joke so I give up. :shrug:

[lakemonster11]

14. When you're dealing with Comcast

get everything in writing before you let them install anything.

That's my advice.

They totally screwed me last year by quoting me a reasonable price and then charging twice as much. It took me months to resolve, and I ended up having to pay the higher price, minus a $200 settlement (that I only got because I complained to the attorney general's office).

[taught_me_patience]

16. Haven't had a landline in 7 years

no problems whatsoever.