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To: Julius Wong who wrote (17177)	6/3/2023 10:45:11 AM
From: Rarebird	Respond to of 26251

I use Wifi most of the time too and the host pays for all utilities, including cable TV, wifi, heat, electricity and ac. While driving, speed walking 6 miles a day and in hotels, I use my data.

To: Julius Wong who wrote (17177)	6/3/2023 12:55:35 PM
From: Rarebird	Respond to of 26251

That's not a stand alone plan. My sense is that Spectrum is making you pay at least $50 a month for its internet service at home in order to get the first year discount of $14+ a month on mobile service. Cable companies are in big trouble losing customers each year. I cut the chord well over a decade ago. I basically only use smartphones and pay $30 a month for 40gb of 5g service with Mint Sim. When I was stationary in NYC, I used Charter and Time Warner for a while. No great shakes. Lots of outages. Since I cut the chord, I rarely, if ever, get an outage. I found internet service from the cable companies to be one big rip off. Glad I cut it out permanently. I only used smartphones in Las Vegas/Henderson NV. Only negative I encountered was that I could not make a bond trade on my smartphone. Had to call in. Otherwise, everything else was easily accessible on my smartphone. I applied for SS benefits on my smartphone.