Michael Trew wrote:

> On 4/16/2021 11:54 PM, cshenk wrote:
> > Michael Trew wrote:
> >
> > > On 4/16/2021 8:21 AM, Gary wrote:
> > > > Response to the real Bruce.
> > > >
> > > > Of course the phone will cost money. duh
> > > > My goal is to find one to replace the land line and not add a
> > > > 2nd phone.
> > > >
> > > > If I can ditch the land line, that's $45 a month towards a smart
> > > > phone with enough minutes to carry on normally.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > You couldn't convince me enough to drop my land line. It's worth
> > > every penny of the ~$40 I pay for it monthly. Real land lines
> > > work when the power goes out. I've lost cell service in outages
> > > and still have a dial tone. Rotary dial western electric phone
> > > on my kitchen wall still rings no matter what. The call quality
> > > of a cell won't match up either.
> >
> > And it costs a HUGE amount to add a real landline back in. More
> > like 120$ a month here.
>
> Holy cow, where do you live? My phone was $33/mo in 2015. Somehow
> it's crept up to $40 in 2021.
>
> I stand corrected. $120/mo would be enough to convince me to drop
> the land line... haha. If it goes over $50 in a few years, I quit.
> That's just not worth it. I suspect this is AT&T's way of getting
> out of the copper business.

Whups! Sorry, mis-post. It's 145$ to get the line installed, then
something like 60$ a month (not counting any LD out of country).