I used to have two standard phone lines. Each runs $14 to $17 a month depending on how, the taxes on the phone companies, capital funding and corrections run.

To cut costs I got rid of one of these lines. The one I maintained gets is used almost exclusively for internet connection at 28.8KBps to 31kbps. It's slow, frustrating to download large files or video with, but it works well enough for most of what I do. The telecom connection goes through a local ISP that charges another $12 a month.

For voice I have shifted to using a prepaid cell that at my rate of use runs me $100 to $125 a year depending on how talkative I am. All told I figure it averages out at about $37 a month, or $444 a year.