Todd Allcock wrote:

> A $20 landline? Where, (or when!) do you live?

Actually it's right around $17 each month. We make zero inter-LATA or
intra-LATA calls on it. We use off-peak cell minutes, mobile to mobile,
and One-Suite (at peak times). We have no extra features on the
landline. Caller ID isn't worth much around here anyway because more
than half of Californians have total blocking.

I could cut it by even more if I went to measured rate service.

When I first moved to California anyone could get Lifeline service,
which included 30 local calls. Since the local calling area was small,
most calls were not included in those 30 anyway. It was $2 per month.
Alas, they then put income requirements on Lifeline service.