Jay's boneheaded anti-recession tip
Saturday's daily anti-recession tip included this piece of expert advice:
Do you really need a bundle? Comcast sells just cable for $61.30 a month. DirecTV and Verizon FiOS sell cable for about $50. You can get DSL Internet for less than $20 a month from Verizon and others. Then sign up with Vonage's Web-based phone service for $25. You're down to less than $100 a month.
Alert reader Hal Laurent notes that, to get DSL, you need a phone line, which would be an additional cost to the ones listed. And if you have a phone line, you don't need Vonage. So maybe the cheapest way to go is: $50 TV, plus a basic Verizon phone plan, plus DSL or dialup Internet.
Comments
You do not need a phone line to get DSL. The term you want is "naked DSL", and the phone companies do not want you to know you can get it. Verizon will not sell it to you.
I have it through ACEDSL. They are reselling Verizon lines. There are probably other vendors.
Why would anyone need cable TV?
Posted by: Lissa | February 2, 2009 12:35 PM
The cheapest DSL service I see from AceDSL is $59.95 per month.
Posted by: Hal Laurent | February 2, 2009 3:14 PM