Have you thought about ditching your phone?

Carrie · 02-27-2004

I've grown to hate the telephone.
I mainly talk to 2 people - my parents, who are 5 miles away, and my friend who is in Florida (he gets free LD so he calls me a lot).
Other than that I *never* make a call except for the once-in-a-blue-moon business call or letting Cox know that my internet is down.
Total all of that up, and I'm on the phone MAYBE 30 minutes a month, and 28 of that is usually my FL buddy calling *me*.
Both of the above are online and have ICQ.

The only other calls I get are the local Goodwill store calling me 2-3 times a week letting me know about what sales they're having (I've asked them to take me off of their list), and donation calls around holidays like the policeman's fund or fireman's fund. Oh yeah, and all of the wrong numbers (someone drunk saying "Yo baby, is Alish-ya dere? Lemme talk at da bitch") or doctors who think they need to remind me 3 times that I have an appointment coming up.
And these types of calls are ALWAYS right when I've laid down for a nap (or laid the kids down for their naps), right when we sit down for dinner or just when Survivor comes on. Oh, and the 3am ones are always nice. Ugh.

For this aggravation and interruption I'm paying $45/mo for *maybe* 30 minutes of phone time (including FCC taxes/surcharges). WHY??

I've been surfing around all of the different phone provider sites - both landline and wireless, and all of them seem to think that if you're not on the phone at least 200 minutes per month you're a mutant.
I guess I'm a mutant.
The cheapest non-mutant charges I could find were $29.99/mo and you still tack FCC charges onto that which puts me right up at the same level, only now I can carry my phone with me and get the aggravation in my car, too.

I'm thinking of ditching my phone all together and just going with a prepaid wireless plan. Even at $0.35 per minute I'm probably looking at $10/mo total. My only thing is, I need minutes that don't expire, since you have to buy them in bundles and I won't use an entire bundle in 60 days.

Have any of you gotten rid of your landline phones and gone fully wireless? Or have you gotten rid of your phones completely or gone prepaid?

I'm just sick of having to PAY for the inconvenience of having someone interrupt me and aggravate me. They should be paying ME.

Last edited by Carrie at Feb 27 2004, 12:56 PM

02-27-2004	#1
Carrie Eternal Newbie Respin bullshit press Your Comments Are Welcomed Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Inside your monitor Posts: 2,850	I've grown to hate the telephone. I mainly talk to 2 people - my parents, who are 5 miles away, and my friend who is in Florida (he gets free LD so he calls me a lot). Other than that I never make a call except for the once-in-a-blue-moon business call or letting Cox know that my internet is down. Total all of that up, and I'm on the phone MAYBE 30 minutes a month, and 28 of that is usually my FL buddy calling me. Both of the above are online and have ICQ. The only other calls I get are the local Goodwill store calling me 2-3 times a week letting me know about what sales they're having (I've asked them to take me off of their list), and donation calls around holidays like the policeman's fund or fireman's fund. Oh yeah, and all of the wrong numbers (someone drunk saying "Yo baby, is Alish-ya dere? Lemme talk at da bitch") or doctors who think they need to remind me 3 times that I have an appointment coming up. And these types of calls are ALWAYS right when I've laid down for a nap (or laid the kids down for their naps), right when we sit down for dinner or just when Survivor comes on. Oh, and the 3am ones are always nice. Ugh. For this aggravation and interruption I'm paying $45/mo for maybe 30 minutes of phone time (including FCC taxes/surcharges). WHY?? I've been surfing around all of the different phone provider sites - both landline and wireless, and all of them seem to think that if you're not on the phone at least 200 minutes per month you're a mutant. I guess I'm a mutant. The cheapest non-mutant charges I could find were $29.99/mo and you still tack FCC charges onto that which puts me right up at the same level, only now I can carry my phone with me and get the aggravation in my car, too. I'm thinking of ditching my phone all together and just going with a prepaid wireless plan. Even at $0.35 per minute I'm probably looking at $10/mo total. My only thing is, I need minutes that don't expire, since you have to buy them in bundles and I won't use an entire bundle in 60 days. Have any of you gotten rid of your landline phones and gone fully wireless? Or have you gotten rid of your phones completely or gone prepaid? I'm just sick of having to PAY for the inconvenience of having someone interrupt me and aggravate me. They should be paying ME. Last edited by Carrie at Feb 27 2004, 12:56 PM __________________ Need a kick-ass design done quickly? I recommend Sex Creator - they absolutely ROCK.