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I was spending about $45 a month for BellSouth FastAccess. On top of that, in order to get that price, I needed to sign up for a more expensive BellSouth phone line. So, in essence, I was paying about $85 a month - just for high speed Internet.

I don't need a home phone line. Like most of you, Robert and I have cell phones. Unless you have an alarm system that requires a phone line, why would you need one. Before Comcast, I also didn't have cable. But I wanted it.

Then:

$45 for BellSouth FastAccess

$40 forced charge for unneseccary landline

$45 for cellphone

Adding Cable to that would have cost about $40-50 more.

Total: About $175

Now:

$40 for Comcast high speed which is much faster than BellSouth

$45 for phones

$70 for Cable with HBO (which is still too much, but whatever)

Total: About $155

So I have a higher speed connection AND Cable for about $20 less than before. If you have cellphones in your house, consider getting rid of your landline unless you have no choice. You're paying about $40 a month for nothing, and your phone company is forcing you to have.

Oh, and on a related note, don't get sucked in by BellSouth's advertising that their High Speed is cheaper. They're not telling you it's DSL Lite, which is 11x slower than Comcast and only a few bucks less a month. Their highest speed DSL, which is still slower, is even more expensive than Comcast. I will never be a BellSouth customer again.