Friday, July 21, 2006
Some Surprises Are Pleasant
Whatever I can say about Verizon’s goofy installation of our FiOS, it did achieve one thing: lower phone bill.
With DSL and unlimited “Freedom” calling, our bill was $102 and change.
When we signed up for FiOS, the same calling plan was being offered for considerably less, but for some reason I thought FiOS broadband would be the same or $5 higher. Maybe it’s a promotional rate and I’m forgetting they said that. I only remember the low calling plan and the waived installation fee ($70, as I recall, which is low for the minimum of two hours it takes; generally 4 - 6 hours), because they really want to get it rolled out widely. Gives them a ready market when they launch FiOS TV in this town, and I figure they’re employing guys to do these “last mile” installs whether they get solidly booked with orders or not.
Anyway, it’s $76.71 for a month, and only $19.95 of that is designated as internet. Nice. I wasn’t sure what the deal was from the last bill, which was $78. I thought is was for a partial month on the old plan, but it may have been part of a month of one and part of a month the other. I just assumed the bill would have been higher for a whole month, thus waiting until now to see.
Yay for saving money!