What Cell Phone do you have?

[Zemo]

We have it through the cable company, I had gotten rid of it for quite a while because everyone calls the cell anyway. But with the package Bright House cable give, it's basically free.

[Rallygirl]

That seems pretty high. Then again, I remember the old days of having a landline with a phone company that ended up with a higher package than I was expecting (somewhere in the neighborhood of $70 or so each month). Once I bundled my cable and internet with my phone service, the price went down a lot. For monthly phone, everything included, it's roughly $40 per month as part of our package.

I keep saying that we're going to get rid of the landline, but if I unbundled it, my cable and internet would go up and I'd end up only saving $10/month over what I pay now. Until our daughter gets old enough for me to feel comfortable giving her a cell phone (she's 9 right now) in a few years, I guess we'll keep our landline so her friends can call her.

At $100/month, that landline bill seems like it's begging to be removed from your life. I'd look around for another carrier. If you already have cell phone coverage through AT&T, they may be able to offer you a deal on a landline as well. Regardless, it's something I'd look into.

We did drop the land line recently,...and it was with AT&T. Choose another carrier? You have choices for your landline? I could choose my long distance carrier (AT&T was the cheapest), but I could not choose my local company, it was AT&T or nothing.

[Donkey Hoatie]

Related question, not to MegoSteve in particular, but everyone,....
I have heard this from a lot of people here and it has me thinking. Are landlines cheaper in other places? Nobody wants to pay that much for a cell phone, but here, at least, a landline costs more than that. I paid $55 for a basic land line. By the time I added call waiting, caller ID, long distance, and taxes, my land line bill was around $100 a month. I have no problem paying $20 more a month for two cell phones that do absolutely everything. I know I get a raw deal on auto insurance/registration here in Michigan, but are we also getting the short end of the stick on phone rates?

That seems pretty high. Then again, I remember the old days of having a landline with a phone company that ended up with a higher package than I was expecting (somewhere in the neighborhood of $70 or so each month). Once I bundled my cable and internet with my phone service, the price went down a lot. For monthly phone, everything included, it's roughly $40 per month as part of our package.

I keep saying that we're going to get rid of the landline, but if I unbundled it, my cable and internet would go up and I'd end up only saving $10/month over what I pay now. Until our daughter gets old enough for me to feel comfortable giving her a cell phone (she's 9 right now) in a few years, I guess we'll keep our landline so her friends can call her.

At $100/month, that landline bill seems like it's begging to be removed from your life. I'd look around for another carrier. If you already have cell phone coverage through AT&T, they may be able to offer you a deal on a landline as well. Regardless, it's something I'd look into.

[jimsmegos]

Related question, not to MegoSteve in particular, but everyone,....
I have heard this from a lot of people here and it has me thinking. Are landlines cheaper in other places? Nobody wants to pay that much for a cell phone, but here, at least, a landline costs more than that. I paid $55 for a basic land line. By the time I added call waiting, caller ID, long distance, and taxes, my land line bill was around $100 a month. I have no problem paying $20 more a month for two cell phones that do absolutely everything. I know I get a raw deal on auto insurance/registration here in Michigan, but are we also getting the short end of the stick on phone rates?

Wowzers! That's pretty high for a landline. I think (the wife handles all of this stuff) our landline is only $49 a month with all of those bells and whistles included.

[Rallygirl]

I can't see spending $70+ a month on a phone.

Related question, not to MegoSteve in particular, but everyone,....
I have heard this from a lot of people here and it has me thinking. Are landlines cheaper in other places? Nobody wants to pay that much for a cell phone, but here, at least, a landline costs more than that. I paid $55 for a basic land line. By the time I added call waiting, caller ID, long distance, and taxes, my land line bill was around $100 a month. I have no problem paying $20 more a month for two cell phones that do absolutely everything. I know I get a raw deal on auto insurance/registration here in Michigan, but are we also getting the short end of the stick on phone rates?

[Brad]

I have an old Sanyo flip phone that I love. No texting or anything fancy, just phone calls. Anything else is redundant for my needs and just more money I don't have. I will say that some of the latest smart phones are pretty fancy. Just not anything I need or want.

[fallensaviour]

I have the Iphone 4S and the Ipad2, both are great

Same here.Had a blackberry prefer the I-phone.Before that motorola flip...LOL

[Apositive]

Android model by HTC, "Quietly Brilliant".........I love my phone.

[Hector]

How did you know? lol

[toys2cool]

Stop fighting over bloody phones, we all have our preferences for various different reasons, come on now, again, this is not a cure for cancer, just phones, lol.

That's just cause you have one of these huh?

[Hector]

Stop fighting over bloody phones, we all have our preferences for various different reasons, come on now, again, this is not a cure for cancer, just phones, lol.

[VintageMike]

Just got for a Samsung galaxy s2 epic 4g for virgin mobile a few weeks ago. Since it's monthly but no contract it's always a phone or two behind the newest ones. I personally love it. Has been able to handle everything I've thrown at it and I'm pretty much done adding stuff. My "old phone" an LG Optimus Elite was nice entry phone but it was contantly running out of space even after I would delete things and most stuff was on the SD card. So I caved and hopefully won't have to upgrade again anytime soon.

[MegoSteve]

I have a Motorola Defy XT through Republic Wireless. Not the latest/greatest specs, and the service can be a little weird. Republic Wireless offers hybrid wifi/cell service. When I'm at home or at work, the phone grabs its signal from wifi, and when I'm on the road, it goes through Sprint's cell network.

However, it's a smartphone with Android, and the bill is only $19 a month for unlimited everything. I can't see spending $70+ a month on a phone.

[EmergencyIan]

iPhone 4.

- Ian

[Zemo]

Sorry, Dude. that was most definitely a joke. But in poor taste. Android still sucks, though

Cool bro thanks.