Is a $70 for local phone bill the norm in NYC?

[Zee]

2 phone lines and a dial tone + around 200 calls per month ( around 5 calls per day, usually to go online) + Verizon in NYC = $70

is that normal?


no dsl or caller id or anything like that



so expensive. Anyone living in NY know anything I dont know to make it cheaper?

 

[fatbaby]

aren't local calls free?

 

[Heisenberg]

My local phone is $0.

 

[rival]

its like $20 for one line here, pretty basic setup

 

[Zee]

Originally posted by: fatbaby
aren't local calls free?

no it's 8.61 per month for a dial tone, and 9 cents for each call (regardless of length of call). Using Verizon in Queens, ny

 

[FoBoT]

i am on a flat rate , with taxes its about $67 a month, unlimited local/long distance, all the voice mail/caller id stuff

i am paying the least for phone service that i every have since getting married 15 years ago

 

[Heisenberg]

Originally posted by: Zeero

Originally posted by: fatbaby
aren't local calls free?

no it's 8.61 per month for a dial tone, and 9 cents for each call (regardless of length of call). Using Verizon in Queens, ny

That's a rip. Most plans are like $20-30 for unlimited local calls.

 

[Zee]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
i am on a flat rate , with taxes its about $67 a month, unlimited local/long distance, all the voice mail/caller id stuff

i am paying the least for phone service that i every have since getting married 15 years ago

where are u located?

 

[LuNoTiCK]

I think verizon offers flat rate plans.

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: Zeero

Originally posted by: FoBoT
i am on a flat rate , with taxes its about $67 a month, unlimited local/long distance, all the voice mail/caller id stuff

i am paying the least for phone service that i every have since getting married 15 years ago

where are u located?

oh, no where near NYC

SBC == phone company

Kansas City

 

[erub]

my local phone bill is also $0

 

[thirdlegstump]

I'm paying something like 80-95 a month which includes local calls and a few national calls. I live in manhattan. Pretty normal I'd say. My mother pays at least 120 a month but she frequently uses long distance.

 

[freebee]

In NYC queens just to maintain a local line with dial tone and taxes is somewhere around 20 bucks.

 

[Mday]

Originally posted by: Zeero
2 phone lines and a dial tone + around 200 calls per month ( around 5 calls per day, usually to go online) + Verizon in NYC = $70

is that normal?


no dsl or caller id or anything like that



so expensive. Anyone living in NY know anything I dont know to make it cheaper?

2 lines, pretty much seems okay. what's your calling plan?

 

[Zee]

Originally posted by: Mday

Originally posted by: Zeero
2 phone lines and a dial tone + around 200 calls per month ( around 5 calls per day, usually to go online) + Verizon in NYC = $70

is that normal?


no dsl or caller id or anything like that



so expensive. Anyone living in NY know anything I dont know to make it cheaper?

2 lines, pretty much seems okay. what's your calling plan?

2 lines X dialtone = 8.61 X 2
2-300 calls per month = (2-300) X .09)
taxes like double everything = :|

Omg, it's the bloody taxes!!!! :|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|

 

[Hector13]

this is why I have only a cell phone in NYC... phone lines are way too expensive in manhattan.

 

[Freejack2]

If you have a cable or DSL modem get Vonage. It's like a normal telephone but it uses your high speed connection on your end.
I pay about $27ish a month with taxes and I get all the features, unlimited local calling in my region, and 500 minutes of long distance a month. They also offer an unlimited long distance plan for $34.99 a month.
http://www.vonage.com/

 

[loup garou]

Huh..I have one line with caller ID and call waiting and it's like $40 a month after taxes. I'm not sure if we have some sort of plan or what, the gf signed up for it...I wanted vonage...I know we're paying flat rate for local calls though. Manhattan, btw.

 

[FuZoR]

the house phone bill is around $60... 2 phone lines + other crap...

<-- Brooklyn, NY

 

[Zee]

WERK and FUZION: do u guys think you can tell me what phone company you guys used please?

 

[loup garou]

Verizon

 

[isasir]

I'm pretty sure you can just call up Verizon to have them look at your calling activity to see if there's a plan they offer that'd save you some money.