I put my old home number on my cell.
Dont miss the old phone a bit.
Saving $50 per month too.
Anyone else doing this?

No.

I've got BellSouth DSL. You don't have to have a local phone line to run it. You tell them you want DSL Direct. I'm saving about $40 a month. I've also got DirecTV and didn't think I could run it without a local phone line, but you can. We bought a cable (sorry, can't remember what it's called) and ran it from the router to the phone line. I haven't had any trouble with this either.

So what is your cost for the dsl and direct tv together?

I pay them separately. I have DSL Ultra, which was $37.95 with my phone service, but is now $42.95 with just DSL Direct (still saving on the local bill); and I have DirecTV with the HD package & 2 receivers. That runs about $75.00, but it's high because of the HD service. If it was up to me, I'd just go back to the basic DirecTV and no HD, but my hubby likes HD.

So, you don't have a land line, but they are still using a phone jack (Bell South) to bring in your DSL, right? And from that you have a phone cord going to your router? I have Time Warner cable. It is fast and 44.00 a month for the 5 mbp speed. Its fast. I wouldn't use Time Warner for anything other than that because their tv, HD and digital service is still crappy. I have Dish. I have 5 tvs on it, 2 of them are HD, I have over 40 something HD channels now, a DVR and I pay the 5.99 a month extra because I don't have a land line to connect to it. I wonder if there is a way to do away with that charge other than connecting to a land line.....anyone know. Oh I pay 99.00 for Dish a month. Thats the HD charge, service, the fee for no phone line, charge for 5 boxes, the DVR charge, etc.

yup...i think magicjack would let you connect a landline.

We don't use the phone jack for DSL. You can get DSL Direct from BellSouth, which does not require a phone line. I've got the DSL Extreme which is 3 mbps. I've been pleased with it.

I messed up in my original post about the phone jack & the satellite receiver (sorry! Going from memory of what my hubby & son hooked up.) You can get an Ethernet cable to hook up your satellite receiver (works on newer receivers, not older ones) to a router. You then make changes via your menu on DirecTV to tell it to connect through a router, not a phone line. We've not had any problems with it. Hope this helps!

What do you use for internet hook-up?

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I cancelled my land line because I was tired of getting ripped off by Bell South/ AT&T. I connect to the Internet through Time Warner cable (Road Runner) and its faster for less money.

That's so 90s technology.

It comes in handy ...sometimes it's the only way to get information to someone.

We use a fax just about every day. People need to see copies of something with a signature, it's easier to just fax it to them.

You think that everyone jumps on whatever is current? A lot of people still use a fax and a lot of people still write checks.

What was the point of this post?

a way to save a little money, I'm thinking of doing this myself!

I cancelled mine and I'd do it again a million times. I love the fact that I don't get telemarketer calls and if I get a call, its from someone that I know.

Read forum much?

oops, did not notice the date!, but its still a way to save a little money!

I did it six years ago. Welcome to the revolution.

You mean people still have those?

..but I think you know that

That is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. You have to have high speed internet to even use MJ.