We have some decisions to make...turns out we can save a truckload on our phone bill...but do we want to? Hmmm.
Ultimately, hen we move we have to make savings all over the place, so now would be a good time to start. At the same time, we will be saying goodbye to a lot of friends we will still want to keep in touch with...it doesn't seem to make sense to not be able to ring people, or have enough bandwidth to read or reply to e-mails.
Right now our phone bill is between $100 and $160 a month...that includes broadband (about 20gb I think), callminder (and answering machine), line rental, my cellphone usage, and toll calls.
We can save money immediately by ditching callminder, dropping to 10gb broadband (which is still a truckload), and having unlimited national tollcalls and cheaper rates on international calls- by switching to a new Telecom...Total Home.
On the other hand. We could keep the ordinary line rental ($40), and switch to dial-up internet. Telecom offers 150 hours for $18...that gives each of us an hour a day for a month.
Kiwi Online offers unlimited dial-up access for $10.
So, we could have unlimited dial-up and a phone line (without answering machine) for $60. Quite a difference. Of course, there are still toll calls, and my cellphone costs to add on top of that.
The only thing I'm really worried about with going to dial-up is that I thought we might use Skype or Jajah for toll calls when we move (J-Man has a hankering to call his best friend every day), but I think it will only work if we have broadband.
Decisions, decisions...and dh whispering in my ear with every web search- that will take 30 times as long if we have dial-up. Hmmmm.
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dial up? So no more pics on your blogs. We have country broadband and even with that I have to really get my head into a good space before I attempt to upload a pic. It takes ages. And lots of other things too are very slow. If it were me, I'd be trying for the skype option with broadband or something similar if at all possible.
ReplyDeleteWondering ... rather than ditching broadband, could you do without a cell phone? We don't have a functioning one at the moment - and only *occasionally* miss it ...
ReplyDeleteSorry guys... Iwasn;t notifed of commetns. Well, none of us want to ditch boradband! Lol...as much as we'd lie kto be on here less, and be more green- it just seems a bit daft when we'll have no spare $$ shortly, and at least we can have some fun online...we also want to be able to e-mail friends often. We are probably going to go with Telecom Total Home...it's $100, and it seems high- but when we leave Akl J-Man can ring his best friend and I can ring mine for no extra charge...it will be good then, and an expense we'll be happy to pay...only thing is you have to sign up for year...which is why we're still dithering.
ReplyDeleteI can live without a cellphone easily...I never use it, never really liked it beyond the first week of having one :0)