Cheap land line phone service in L.A.?

[The Real Bev]

AT&T is raising its price, probably along with everybody else. Almost all our
phone calls are local and the 99-Cent-Store 99-minute LD cards generally expire
with very few minutes used. Monthly rate will probably be $21 or so. As far as
I can tell, the only land-line providers in the L.A. area are AT&T and Verizon,
whose rates are higher than AT&T. Any locals have a better deal?

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[Gordon]

The Real Bev <bashley...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:glor9n$beu$1...@news.motzarella.org:

> AT&T is raising its price, probably along with everybody else. Almost
> all our phone calls are local and the 99-Cent-Store 99-minute LD cards
> generally expire with very few minutes used. Monthly rate will
> probably be $21 or so. As far as I can tell, the only land-line
> providers in the L.A. area are AT&T and Verizon, whose rates are
> higher than AT&T. Any locals have a better deal?
>

Why Landline? Have you considered Voice over IP? How about
a Pay-as-You-go or All-You-can-Eat Cell phone plan?

[larry]

Dan Birchall wrote:

> bashley...@gmail.com (The Real Bev) wrote:
>> AT&T is raising its price, probably along with everybody else.
>> Almost all our phone calls are local and the 99-Cent-Store
>> 99-minute LD cards generally expire with very few minutes used.
>> Monthly rate will probably be $21 or so. As far as I can tell,
>> the only land-line providers in the L.A. area are AT&T and Verizon,
>> whose rates are higher than AT&T. Any locals have a better deal?
>

> Do you really need landline? For years, I had a T-mobile prepaid
> mobile phone; I could buy scratchcards (everywhere) for $100 that
> got me something like 1,000 minutes, and the minutes were good for
> a year. I used maybe $10-15 worth of airtime in a month, so I used
> up the time in less than a year, but paid less per month than you're
> looking at there.
>
> Just a thought.
>

Last week we did the same thing. The new att rates made
going cell only the better choice. A bonus is having just
one number now. We're never going back!

We did try this two years ago but had issues with old tech
that needed a landline and it wasn't clear if we were saving
money. We got hosed by both tmobile, starting another
account, and att, charging a billing change fee. This was
caused by problems when we ported our number back. Just
don't believe anything the cs idiots tell you!

[wilm...@gmail.com]

I have a friend who lives in LaLaLand and he gets a landline cheap
because he gets the low income rate. The cutoff for the 'poverty' rate
is quite high and then they seldom even check one's income. His
service for like $5 a month does not allow for long distance and he
gets his internet through DSL Extreme for like $20 a month.

[clams_casino]

wilm...@gmail.com wrote:

And what are the added fees and taxes? Our land line was $9.17 / month
plus about $15 in fees & taxes. We recently replaced that land line
with a cell that should be about $8/mo total (about 45 minutes of
calling/mo).