There are a lot of companies offering VOIP telephone service, and they have gotten to the point that they are as good as regular landlines, except they won’t handle a fax machine if you need one.
]]>The local cable company kept adding channels that few people wanted to watch, and used it as an excuse to raise prices. Most of the people who still have cable, have bills over $100/month.
My Dad really enjoyed television, and my Mother watches reruns of the old cowboy shows like Gunsmoke on one channel, but I didn’t grow up with it, and never got interested. There were other things going on that were a lot more fun.
I got politicians, pollsters, and solicitors on my landline, none of whom I want to talk to.
]]>I no longer have a tv and don’t want one. It started out one day with me questioning my cable bill and if it was worth what I was paying for it. When I got down to looking at it, I was using it more for background noise than anything else. Maybe 2 sometimes 3 programs a month I was actually looking forward to. Cut out all the reruns and BS channels you never watch and it hit me like a slap in the face, it wasn’t worth it to me. That was over a decade ago. By the time they had switched to digital, I was no longer using a tv. Can’t tell you the enjoyment of the peace I get out of no commercials.
Wasn’t too long after that I dumped the landline. I went to a cell phone for a little while but didn’t really have the reception to keep one. Finally settled for voice over IP.
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