New telephones are on their way.

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38. My ATT land line will soon be cut off

I've had a land line for decades. Basic service with taxes is about $32/month. No extras like caller id or long distance for that price.

In a few days it will be switched over to a home wireless system from ATT that is technically a home cell phone system. A transmitter in my neighborhood will transmit to my home wireless box.

It will cost $20/mo plus about $3.00/mo. in taxes. It will have unlimited US long distance plus a long list of calling features (caller id, etc.). I already have the ATT Wireless Home Phone Base plugged in to be ready for the change over. I think it is part of their U verse service.

I was told they will not physically cut my phone line so I could go back using to a land line if I want to.

My ATT sales rep, M, said it will work with 911. The scheduling caller from ATT said I need to let 911 know my location. It is not automatically recognized. We questioned her a length about that. She said ATT legal will not allow her to say 911 calls will know my location. Don't know who to trust about that.

Have had ATT DSL internet for years. Its become unreliable, dropping out multiple times a day. ATT tech support (Hi Otto from India and others) has been helpful with some bugs, but has not solved the unreliability. So in a few days DSL will be cut off too. Will begin U verse internet at double my prior speed for $5/mo more than my DSL plan.

Also signed up for a year of pre-paid cellular service from TracFone for just under $70 including 1500 minutes and a LG480g phone from HSN. The phone enables me call long distance free (no extra charge) to the US and most of the world. It also includes triple minutes for life (of the phone). So, if I buy a refill card for 120 minutes I actually get 360 minutes. Plus some additional free minutes with widely available promo codes. The phone is supposed to be able to connect to wifi and not use up minutes.

Change is in the air.