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Who has no land lines and just uses their cell

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tacklejunkie Grand Master

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Been thinking of doing this as having both is too costly. However, my internet provider, land line, and DISH are all with one comapny. I have a cell through AT and T and was wondering if I could get all this, minus land line, in an At&T package?

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tacklejunkie Grand Master

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I'd like to do that but my dish and internet provider are on the same account as my land line. Could I get my dish and internet provider through my cell company??

I really rarely, if ever, use my land line yet I'm paying for it

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Bryce Grand Master

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Verizon has a deal right now to put your land line onto their cell service. $20/month with unlimited calling. Very easy switch and you do keep your same number. We use a base station with satellite cordless phones scattered throughout the house. Not sure how it would work for individually hardwired phones but would guess they have a solution the way they are pushing it.

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mamohr686 Experienced

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If you have dish network, you will pay an extra $5/month if you don't have your reciever plugged into a landline. I have a line bundled with my internet service for $15 a month. It's basically the same price for me not to have one.

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LwnmwnMan2 Grand Master

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I'm paying around $160 for a landline, internet service, and DISH a month

That's not including my cell.

Am I paying too much????

We're right there. We WERE at $225, +/-, but then frontier called and said if we bundled our Dish into the same account, it would drop to $150 + tax.

That was 3 months ago, still separate accounts.

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LMITOUT Grand Master

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If you have dish network, you will pay an extra $5/month if you don't have your reciever plugged into a landline.

If your dish receiver has an ethernet port you can connect it to your home network and get the $5 charge removed from your bill.

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SkunkedAgain Grand Master

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I haven't had a landline since 2000. I'm not missing a thing, except I rarely get telemarketers....so I guess I could get landline service again if I really missed annoying phone calls.

We had high-speed internet and DirecTV. Just cut the cord with DirecTV last week and am not missing it. I only miss the Twins games but enjoy listening to John Gordon. Mrs. SkunkedAgain and I have been way more productive without it.

It seems so ridiculous to think about paying hundreds of dollars each month for phone/internet/cable television when I could be fishing.

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itchmesir Grand Master

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a little food for thought... i was reading something awhile back and it asked "What is one thing you never heard 20 years ago when talking on a phone?"... "Where are you?"

I haven't had a land line in probably 8 years... maybe more...

to answer the OPs question.. you can.. for the internet part.. via Phone2Modem options your cell provider offers.. not too sure about TV really.. other than using the web to stream shows/netflix.. but remember you are with At&t.. which they have a limit on the amount you can download.. even on a "unlimited plan".. think its like 2-5gb.. which is not a lot especially if you plan on streaming a lot...

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blakjack23 Rising Star

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I think I'd consider VOIP a landline. Sure the technologies are different, but its not connecting wirelessly to a cell tower.

Same as if you had a phone connected to your router at home through someone like Vonage. I'd also consider that a landline.

The last landline I had was about 9 years ago when I needed one to let people in the front door of an apartment building. I doubt I'll ever have one again, but I can see where the guy with a few kids would want one instead of a huge cell phone bill.

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well so is every form of internet at some point smile even mobile broadband. there is a fiber optic cable going to a tower. so that would be a landline too then.

Then I guess nobody has completely cut the landline, have they?

My "landline" is VOIP over coax cable, but I still consider it to be a landline.

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well so is every form of internet at some point smile even mobile broadband. there is a fiber optic cable going to a tower. so that would be a landline too then.

Yes, all cell calls hit a landline at some point. But if I can start a phone call, drive for 3 hours and stay on that call, I don't consider it a "landline".

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