[ale] OT: DSL with no phone number

[James Sumners]

I think I will have to look into this.

On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 20:01:15 -0500
Robert Heaven <robertheaven at earthlink.net> wrote:

> BellSouth has a phone line available (that they don't advertise) that
> they call a limited use line (I think that's what they call it). I have
> one that I use for a home office line and for my Earthlink DSL
> connection. It's a simple POTS line with no features and no long
> distance and I'm limited to 30 "outgoing" calls per month. (extra calls
> cost $0.75 each but, you would have to make 90 calls per month to equal
> the cost of an unlimited line) My monthly phone bill (with tax, tag and
> title) is only $20 per month.
> 
> 
> On Tue, 2004-01-13 at 10:51, Dow Hurst wrote:
> 
> > Well, you can drop long distance and all the extras for a 
> > very basic service.  It would be interesting if you could 
> > even drop down to pulse instead of tone.  I think you could 
> > get the bill down between $17-$25 per month that way.
> > Dow
> > 
> > 
> > James Sumners wrote:
> > > Sadly, believes and possibility are two different things. I wish they
> > > would pass a law or something (I don't know how it works) so that it would
> > > be possible. The only reason I have phone service is to get DSL. I don't
> > > care about VoIP or anything like that - I just want an internet connection
> > > for the price of the connection.
> > > 
> > > On 13 Jan 2004 09:26:23 -0500
> > > Christopher Fowler <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com> wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > >>Last night on The Screen Savers Patrick stated that Georgia was the only
> > >>state that believes you should be able to get DSL without a phone line
> > >>or local phone service.  I've been wanting to switch to VOIP so I can
> > >>get all the services at a fraction of the cost of land-line phone
> > >>service.  The problem is that I have DSL so I thought I can not
> > >>terminate my land-line service.  Is it true that I can?
> > >>
> > >>Chris
> > >>
> > >>
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