Yesterday I called up AT&T and asked them to disconnect my second phone line that was a dedicated fax line.  Over the past year I think I’ve sent one fax, and naturally that can’t justify the $26 per month cost to maintain the line.

I’m not at a point where I’m trying to cut expenses, but it’s as good a time as any since no ones job is really secure.

So I disconnected the fax line, but left my main phone line intact.  For some reason I like having the old copper, twisted pair line running to the house.

Some people have gone strictly wireless, and for good reason.  But I like the ability to give out my home phone number on applications and when filling out forms that “require” a phone number.  It’s much easier to let the answering machine screen my calls than get bugged in the middle of the day by my credit card company with the latest and greatest offer for its best customers.

One good outcome of disconnecting my fax line was that the customer service representative at AT&T was able ot convert my main phone line to a more basic program that cost $4 less per month, but gave me features I didn’t have; namely caller ID and call waiting.

To be honest, I could care less about caller ID and call waiting.  I’ve never had either of them in my life, and considering how much we use the land line, I probably won’t get much value out of them.  I will however get the $4 per month value out of the new program, and that part I like.

So I’m still wired, and not willing to give up the “old style” land line, but I’m also not spending money on service I don’t use.

What are you doing to save money these days?

Frugal Living, Saving AT&T, fax machine, phone service