When I had my regular phone landline, the monthly increased periodically to over $25/month. I don’t make many calls. Most that I did make were to the adjoining town, and that was long distance. By the time all of the fees and taxes were added, the call cost about $5, even if it was less than 1 minute.
I dropped the landline and went cellular — Tracfone. My annual service and roll-over minutes cost me an average of $7 per month — and it is portable.
Last year, I bought one of those Ooma internet phone boxes. The initial cost was about $100. The only monthly fees are the FCC, e911, and taxes. Initially, those were $3.81/month for my area. They have gradually increased and are now $4.24/month.
They have gradually increased and are now $4.24/month.
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I do the same, but use Google Voice for outgoing calls. You know those monthly taxes are going to go up every year several times the inflation rate.
That’s exactly what we did. We have no cell service where we live so we use Tracfones for our cell phones and we have an Ooma for home use. And, yes, our bill went up to $4.24 here as well. The initial cost for the Ooma was well worth it.