Money Matters
strickland8052
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Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Cell, Cable, Internet Bills
This post is inspired by another post. I'm just curious.... how much is your cell, tv (cable, satellite hulu, etc), and internet bills? What service provider do you have? Is it worth it to you, and are you happy with it? I'll start. Cell is Verizon and it is $140 for H and I. Since we live in a major city and have work phones, I'm thinking about moving to another provider that is cheaper. Internet is $30 a month with AT&T; I'm really happy with this. For TV, we use DirectTV, and it is $75 a month. I really want to cancel DirectTV and just get Netflix and rabbit ears, but H is not having that. I don't quite understand his hesitation, since the only thing we ever watch is local channels, the news, and old episodes of Family Guy. Does anyone know if there is a way to watch CNN without cable? That is the number one issue.
Re: Cell, Cable, Internet Bills
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Instead we have Netflix for $7.99 instant streaming. Every once and awhile there is an Amazon prime or Hulu one month for free trial that I take advantage of. We also have an antenna we bought for about ~$20-30. It only gets 1 channel in flawlessly and the rest either never come in or rarely. So keep that in mind if you're thinking about an antenna. We live in a brick building though so I'm not sure if that affects reception or if our antenna just sucks!
Cells: I split a $150/month bill with my mom and H. We have unlimited texting which we definitely don't really need but since we get charged when people text us anyways and we use it a LOT, it's worth it split 3 ways. All 3 of us have smart phones. Carrier is AT&T. No major issues with them.
Internet: RCN. We get the cheapest internet for $45/month. Since it's the cheapest around and works, I've had no complaints.
Internet and Cable are combined, $75/month for super fast internet and basic cable (I was very upset that it doesn't include HGTV--not enough to pay another $20 a month for the next tier of service for that one channel though. And at least I get food network, lol) through Comcast. I work from home and I need a fast internet speed if I want to get anything done. For years we didn't have cable, just Netflix and Hulu, but we were also paying about $55 for just internet at that point. We used to have the fastest internet available through AT&T but our internet was constantly going down and it was impossible to get my work done if DH was trying to play a game online or watch Netflix.
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Cell with Verizon: $70 - 80 for 2 flip phones. We are actually planning to switch to one of the no contract plans once we get our act together and figure out what phone/plan combination makes the most sense for each of us.
No cable, but, like others, we currently have an Amazon Prime membership that provides us with access to some programming.
Cell phones: 103 - DH and I are both still on our parents family plans. We feel sort of rediculous to be married and still on our parents plan but its either that or an extra 50 a month... so we're okay with being "pathetic" for a little while longer...and our parents have no problem with us being on the plan.
TV: 87 a month for direct TV - I tried to go to a lower package but then i lose my 10 off a month discount so it comes out the same. I'd be happy with it if our reciever werent failing and we need a new one. I hate to pay an extra 6 dollars a month for the genie but if we don't get it now we can't for another 2 years. We're stuck in the contract and DH is insistent on keeping it since its all we got for entertainment. We mostly DVR so we might just do the genie upgrade afterall.
Internet: 41 for TWC 15mbps internet. We hate time warner cable but thats all we can get here and after going for the last 2 years with no high speed internet because nothing but dialup was available at our house - we LOVE it.
Internet - 55 with Comcast. A little higher than I'd like to pay, but ok for high speed internet.
We don't have cable, but got an antenna for Christmas so we get basic channels. We also pay 8 for Hulu and use a friends Netflix account and HBOGo account. (They got tired of not being able to talk about certain shows with us) And then we have Amazon Prime which is 79 a year, but was worth getting for what we save in free shipping and using the lending library for books.
Cell phone 2 Smart Phones and one regular phone for MIL -$170
Direct TV $82-I would be happy without it, but H would DIE without it
Netflix $7.99(worth every single penny & will never give up) HULU-7.99(forgot to cancel after week trial, cancelling tomorrow-I need to watch SVU and didnt have it DVR'd
Cable-Mediacom 38.90
Way too much money
We have Cox also, but only pay $49/month for their middle hi-speed internet. With Cox, their expanded basic cable package comes on the same line as the hi-speed internet, so there is no need to pay extra for it. Of course, Cox won't tell you that, but it's a little secret they wish people didn't know about. Try it
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Our cell phones are about $70/month. Mine is Walmart Family mobile, which is $40/month for unlimited talk, text, and web. My DH has Tracfone at $30/month for unlimited text/web and (I think) 400 minutes.
We don't have Hulu or Netflix at the moment, but have had each of those at various times in the past. I liked Hulu the best, because it has more tv shows. If I ever get through all the shows I have on the DVR, I'll probably sign up for Hulu again, lol.
Internet-$65
TV-We have Netflix, Hulu Plus, and recently acquired Amazon Prime when DH forgot to cancel a free trial. We have an antenna for the major networks and my MIL's password for streaming ESPN (with local stuff blocked out unfortunately) and HBO Go.
OP, we stream CNN through our iPad and airplay it to our Apple TV. I'm not sure if this is free for anyone or if we need MIL's Fios password.
Internet and "Cable" through AT&T U-verse with comes to $105 per month.
We also have Netflix that our son watches his kids shows on.
Home Phone: $3 for VOIP with my Ooma (excellent quality, much better than Skype, especially during business hours, when we sometimes have to use it for work)
Cable: n/a, never had it
DH's cell phone: $15 on Ting
My cell phone: $40 on Verizon (my share on my parents' family plan). When my phone dies, I'll probably switch to Ting. With my usage, that'll be around another $35/month, so not really worth switching until I'm ready for a new phone.
Cable and internet are billed together- we have ATT and it's $134 a month for those two.
$130 cable, internet, home phone
I've tried to shop, can't find anything cheaper for the same thing. We have any and all channels, and we like it that way!