Here in Illinois I get one of these about once a month.
Blockbuster telling me rented DVD's are overdue.
One of my kid's BB account. He didn't change the phone number when he
moved out.
Anybody else getting robo-calls?
Should Hatteras Boats do robo-calls when they have a sale?
Probably won't work. Just an idea. A bad idea..

--Vic

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
...
Here in Illinois I get one of these about once a month.
Blockbuster telling me rented DVD's are overdue.
One of my kid's BB account. He didn't change the phone number when he
moved out.
Anybody else getting robo-calls?
Should Hatteras Boats do robo-calls when they have a sale?
Probably won't work. Just an idea. A bad idea..

--Vic

Sounds like a son problem. 8)

My land line phone is connected to my PC which is configured to answer the
phone in FAX mode after one ring.

We only have the land line for connection to satellite receivers and making
*long* phone calls that would burn excessive cell minutes. You know the
kind, customer *no* service.

On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:20:43 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:

We only have the land line for connection to satellite receivers and making
*long* phone calls that would burn excessive cell minutes. You know the
kind, customer *no* service.

Not really, but I've thought of getting something cheaper than the
cost of the phone part of my bundled phone/TV/net Comcast, which
is up to $153 a month with basic cable TV and basic phone.
Think the phone part is over 40 bucks.
The bundle is easy, so inertia keeps me with it.
But I always look at expenses critically, and I think I can do better.
Like you, I need the land line for the long calls.
My wife calls Europe weekly to talk to family and spends a couple
hours on the phone.
Doesn't cost much because she uses a phone card which is 5 bucks for 6
hours.
Any recommendation for a cheap land line?

--Vic

Vic Smith wrote:
On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:20:43 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:
We only have the land line for connection to satellite receivers and making
*long* phone calls that would burn excessive cell minutes. You know the
kind, customer *no* service.

Not really, but I've thought of getting something cheaper than the
cost of the phone part of my bundled phone/TV/net Comcast, which
is up to $153 a month with basic cable TV and basic phone.
Think the phone part is over 40 bucks.
The bundle is easy, so inertia keeps me with it.
But I always look at expenses critically, and I think I can do better.
Like you, I need the land line for the long calls.
My wife calls Europe weekly to talk to family and spends a couple
hours on the phone.
Doesn't cost much because she uses a phone card which is 5 bucks for 6
hours.
Any recommendation for a cheap land line?

--Vic


If you had an email posted, I'd tell you how I got my comcast
cable/internet bill lowered by about $80 a month with increased service.

:)

On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:51:21 -0400, Boater
wrote:

Vic Smith wrote:
On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:20:43 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:
We only have the land line for connection to satellite receivers and making
*long* phone calls that would burn excessive cell minutes. You know the
kind, customer *no* service.

Not really, but I've thought of getting something cheaper than the
cost of the phone part of my bundled phone/TV/net Comcast, which
is up to $153 a month with basic cable TV and basic phone.
Think the phone part is over 40 bucks.
The bundle is easy, so inertia keeps me with it.
But I always look at expenses critically, and I think I can do better.
Like you, I need the land line for the long calls.
My wife calls Europe weekly to talk to family and spends a couple
hours on the phone.
Doesn't cost much because she uses a phone card which is 5 bucks for 6
hours.
Any recommendation for a cheap land line?

--Vic


If you had an email posted, I'd tell you how I got my comcast
cable/internet bill lowered by about $80 a month with increased service.

:)

Shoot.
I use a real e-mail addy.
Just don't look at it unless I have reason or occasionally delete the
spam that's piles up.
I'll look.

--Vic

On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:40:00 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

Any recommendation for a cheap land line?


www.skype.com

On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:57:36 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:40:00 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

Any recommendation for a cheap land line?


www.skype.com

Okay, I'll get off my ass and check it out.
Maybe get cheaper DSL too and just use Comcast for cable.
Might save about 80 bucks a month.
Which is 960 bucks a year.
Which can buy a lot of bait and beer.
Or for me, easily keep me in cars.

--Vic

On Oct 23, 8:09*am, Vic Smith wrote:
On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:57:36 -0400, Wayne.B

wrote:
On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:40:00 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

Any recommendation for a cheap land line?

www.skype.com

Okay, I'll get off my ass and check it out.
Maybe get cheaper DSL too and just use Comcast for cable.
Might save about 80 bucks a month.
Which is 960 bucks a year.
Which can buy a lot of bait and beer.
Or for me, easily keep me in cars.

--Vic

Around these parts, full HD programming, high speed internet and phone
with Comcast is about $125 month. There phone system rocks, too!

On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:09:09 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

Okay, I'll get off my ass and check it out.
Maybe get cheaper DSL too and just use Comcast for cable.

I dislike Comcast also but their internet connections are
substantially faster than most DSL lines. We did replace Comcast's TV
service with a Dish Networks satellite dish. It works well, lots of
channels, and also goes on the boat with minimal extra cost.

On Oct 23, 7:40*am, Vic Smith wrote:
On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:20:43 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:

We only have the land line for connection to satellite receivers and making
*long* phone calls that would burn excessive cell minutes. *You know the
kind, customer *no* service.

Not really, but I've thought of getting something cheaper than the
cost of the phone part of my bundled phone/TV/net Comcast, which
is up to $153 a month with basic cable TV and basic phone.
Think the phone part is over 40 bucks.
The bundle is easy, so inertia keeps me with it.
But I always look at expenses critically, and I think I can do better.
Like you, I need the land line for the long calls.
My wife calls Europe weekly to talk to family and spends a couple
hours on the phone. *
Doesn't cost much because she uses a phone card which is 5 bucks for 6
hours.
Any recommendation for a cheap land line?

--Vic *

skype.