Even owners rent
Originally published at Jason's Fresh Produce. You can comment here or there.
Probably all of us have heard the old adage that owning a home is a path to wealth.
Recently, this truism has been debated quite a bit, but I believe most people will still come down in favor of owning over renting. However, something I realized today is that even owners ( Read more... )
If you're using TiVo without cable, you're getting broadcast TV, which is fine - but now you've traded $600 instead of a $12.95/mo fee for Tivo. You could have also built a MythTV box and tinkered with it yourself and gotten a 'free' TiVO for only hardwre costs.
This is the next bill I plan to attack. Why are we paying $100/mo when services like Skype let you talk for free. I believe there are already “skype phones” out there that completely hide the mechanics of VoIP and just let you worry about your conversation.
You're comparing apples and oranges. If you're at home, use your computer, or Skype phones (or just MagicJack, which is pretty damn neat.) What about when you're mobile? You can have a mobile data plan, but now you're paying for a cellular modem plus a VoIP phone, two devices. The $100/mo you pay for your phone allows you to use it when you're here and when you're at home, and when you're outside the office - no Skype phone 'just works' like that.
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With the lifetime service, we still maintain some flexibility in the future to hook up to cable or whatever.
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