I'm a believer
Sunrocket.com
Just kissed goodbye to my AT&T line and my $180/month phone/DSL bill, and signed on for Sunrocket's broadband phone service for $199/year. (Also got a second local number in Maryland as part of the deal, so Maisie's Dad and my sister--and Maisie, when she's down there--can call here for free.) Broadband will run $30/month. I'm so pleased.
The truth is that I hate the phone, and rarely use it--which has, I admit, its disconnect aspects given my chosen career. Phone conversations make me jumpy; I keep casting ahead to the next turn in conversation: I'm so not Zen about it. (Admittedly it's worse with some than others; I could talk to my siblings for hours by phone. But I rarely do.) Email made the world a much better place for me.
Sunrocket advertises that the reception quality is something between a cell phone and a landline, which strikes me as the perfect compromise: good enough to get the information across, but not the snug, cozy, intimate connection that could entice someone to settle in for a good, long chat.
I know. What can I tell you? It's my thing.
posted by I n g e r @ Saturday, August 19, 2006
2 Comments:
I hate the phone, too. It takes away my time when I haven't chosen to do so and I don't feel at ease. By e-mail I can write when I feel like to and my tone is natural.
Like you, after the last telephone high bill, I opted for a change. and now should be spending for a year of unlimited traffic the equivalent of what we paid for last month. Of the traffic, 95% is attributable to the internet and the rest are phone calls.
I said "should spend" because with new contracts one never knows.
With my wife's sisters all in Vermont and the time difference, they are all in bed when our cells kick into nightime minutes, so rather than giving up the house phone we went to a cable one a year or so ago. $75 a month to about $25, unlimited long distance, works well for us. Already had cable and broadband anyway, now there's one less wire to get ripped out of the back of the house when the next ice storm comes along!
Soon, I fear...too soon!
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