Good Yontif

A hearty Good Yontif is required as it is the new year. So to start this year off right I have decided that what I accept is not good enough. By this I mean I am striving to remove a lot of the waste in my life that I normal just accept. I am starting with money. I pay a lot of bills, I think I pay to much. So I started looking for alternatives that meet two criteria.
1. Less Expensive
2. Better that is was before.

This first thing I am testing this with is my phone bill. I am sick and tired of paying $63+ a month for my house line. I have a $55 plan with verizon with voicemail and caller ID, ect.... plus long distance. Screw them I'm going to Vonage. As of yesterday I am a Vonage customer. My phone number is being transfered and I the hardware is on the way.
I will soon revel in VOIP!

Few things to note about Vonage,

1. You can get your voicemails on the web
2. You can get your voicemails on the phone
3. You get get your voicemails e-mailed as a wave file to any address. In my case a gmail account that sends the wave file to my phone as an attachment so I can play it.
4. It has a good web interface
5. It costs $14.99 a month for 500 min to anywhere in the USA or Canada. For $10 you can go unlimited but even with overage charges I would need to use over 700 min a month to make it worth it. I save $46.30 a month, or $555.60
   
6. You get a "temp" phone number while the transfer is going on.

Notice #5 there. You can pick the area code. I went Trendy and Stylish. I have a 909 phone number for 1 month. Hells yea, Anyone who lives in LA can explain the significance of having a 909 phone number. Now I get to have one without moving.
So give me a ring!
1-909-632-1203

I will be giving updates as to how well this whole thing works, but the prospect of an extra $555.60 a year for better service makes me very happy.

Next Installment: Car Insurance (good by AAA, hello AIS)