Re: [WNewton] Abridged summary of westnewtonneighborhood@googlegroups.com - 9 updates in 2 topics

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Julia Malakie

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Jan 2, 2018, 10:01:34 PM1/2/18
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I too was sentimentally attached to the telephone number that my family had since 1970, but I was ready to get rid of it when Verizon stopped servicing copper wire and forced everyone in my part of Newton onto fiber, which meant I could no longer get DSL which was a better price than FIOS and plenty fast enough for me. I stayed with Verizon for most of the time that the price was the same, but got so fed up with their inability to direct debit my bank account while sending me statements that said "your bank account will be debited", and repeated broken promises that it would be fixed by the next statement, that I dumped them a few months early. I took a break from having internet and eventually switched to RCN for internet. I've never had cable -- too expensive. I get PBS 2 & 44, 4, 5, 60 (the new NBC home) over the air, with a vintage indoor rabbit ear antenna attached to my TV. I don't have time to watch much TV beyond Masterpiece, Mystery, and maybe Sunday morning talk shows if I'm home.

I don't miss the land line at all. It's so nice not to come home to the blinking light and junk phone messages from what I call the fake electric company, or vacation time shares or credit card/loan marketers. Though I'm actually sorry I don't get political polls and calls, which I always found interesting.

My sister and brother in law in Maine dropped cable land line and instead subscribe to both Amazon Prime and Netflix, so they don't actually get local television.

On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 8:14 PM, <westnewtonn...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
Lois Charles <lois...@verizon.net>: Jan 02 02:56PM -0500

Any recommendations for a great dry cleaner? Many thanks!
 
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Lauren Mackler <lmac...@laurenmackler.com>: Jan 02 08:42PM

The one is West Newton square is terrific. She’s also a great tailor.
 
Lauren

 
On 1/2/18, 2:56 PM, "westnewtonneighborhood@googlegroups.com on behalf of Lois Charles" ...more
Susan Cassidy <srca...@gmail.com>: Jan 02 07:12PM -0500

Hi there -
 
Second Corner Cleaners. I think they're great.
 
-- Susan
 
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Susan Cassidy
31 Larkin Road
West Newton, MA 02465
h: 617-630-5767 c: 617-962-3864
Currently reading: a million ...more
Ann Dorfman <dorfm...@comcast.net>: Jan 02 01:38PM -0500

Hi Neighbors,
 
My husband and I are looking at our internet/cable/phone bill and thinking we are paying a lot. One option we are considering is to drop the cable and phone and pay a much lower ...more
Dan Proskauer <dpr...@gmail.com>: Jan 02 01:58PM -0500

We keep talking about doing that, but haven't. We have internet + landline
from Verizon (no cable). We haven't had cable for 20 years and no regrets
on that front... We use Over The Air broadcast ...more
Mike Ciolino <mi...@verveboston.com>: Jan 02 01:58PM -0500

Happy New Year Ann - I'm in the tech business which probably somewhat
disqualifies my opinion - I gave up landline many years ago - There are two
considerations that immediately came to mind.
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Mike Ciolino <mi...@verveboston.com>: Jan 02 02:07PM -0500

One other tip - We also just recently dumped cable service - this is
becoming easier and easier -
 
We buy only internet service from FIOS and subscribe to *YouTubeTV for
$35/Month* which live ...more
James Cote <cote...@gmail.com>: Jan 02 02:26PM -0500

Great feedback Mike! On point #2. our kids of all ages have figured that
out by using their "personal best deal analysis." They will call Albie, or
me, depending upon who they believe will ...more
Lisa Gordon <wabis...@gmail.com>: Jan 02 02:33PM -0500

We only have a landline because we have kids living at home and want to
make sure we are easily located in case of an emergency. Otherwise we would
probably be cell phone only. The technology to ...more
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