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Lisa68
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Hanisa
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Who do you use
We will most likely be moving in next week. So now I am looking into calling for utility hook up.
Who do you use for:
Cable/phone/ internet
Propane
Oil
Electric
Water
And if you do not mind telling, how much do you pay for the service.
Sorry for so many questions, but this is all new to me. Especially we will be moving from Queens to Suffolk. Lindenhurst to be exact.
TIA.
Message edited 9/28/2005 1:38:05 PM.
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Tah-wee-ZAH
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Re: Who do you use
Posted by Lisa68
We will most likely be moving in next week. So now I am looking into calling for utility hook up.
Who do you use for:
Cable/phone/ internet
Propane
Oil
Electric
Water
And if you do not mind telling, how much do you pay for the service.
Sorry for so many questions, but this is all new to me. Especially we will be moving from Queens to Suffolk. Lindenhurst to be exact.
TIA.
You have a few options depending upon where you live and your preferences...
Cable- Cablevision but when we move we will be switching to satellite.
Phone/internet- Verizon.
You can get all three combined using a special Cable vision package but there are serious drawbacks to that package... pricing is only for one year. you can call them but read the FINE print. We are not doing it because their phone lines cannot be traced by the 911 system and God forbid if an emergency happened...
Oil- right now Meenan but not sure yet with the new house. My Dad has joined an oil buying group and they get a discount over the going market rate... 1-800-OIL-HEAT you have to pay a $25 yearly membership fee which you will save in no time. I will be shopping around for this soon.
Electric is LIPA- there are a few towns (Ex. Freeport, I think) that have their own small power comp. but otherwise they, like Con Ed for the city, are a monopoly and we have no choice.
Water goes by your local water company. Check with the previous owners or call the county and ask according to your address.
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DjPiLL
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Richard
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Re: Who do you use
Posted by Tah-wee-ZAH
You can get all three combined using a special Cable vision package but there are serious drawbacks to that package... pricing is only for one year. you can call them but read the FINE print. We are not doing it because their phone lines cannot be traced by the 911 system and God forbid if an emergency happened...
I was told they have 911 tracing now.
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CathyB
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Re: Who do you use
Cable: Directv
phone: Verizon
internet: Cablevision
Propane: LILCO (i think)
Oil: Slomins
Electric: LIPA
Water: NY Water Service
Our alarm company told us not to use internet or cable phone systems, they requested that we keep our land line.
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DjPiLL
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Richard
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Re: Who do you use
Posted by sarahsmommy
Our alarm company told us not to use internet or cable phone systems, they requested that we keep our land line.
Why did they say this was a requirement?
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| Posted 9/28/05 2:15 PM |
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LisaW
Time for me to FLY!
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Re: Who do you use
Cable/Internet- Cablevision
Phone- Verizon
Electric- LIPA
Gas- Keyspan
Water- Suffolk County Water Authority
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CathyB
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Re: Who do you use
Posted by DjPiLL
Posted by sarahsmommy
Our alarm company told us not to use internet or cable phone systems, they requested that we keep our land line.
Why did they say this was a requirement?
They didn't say it was a requirement, but they said that this was their preference, you need to have a lot more equipment installed at your home to support the internet/cable phone systems. Plus they feel that these systems go out in storms more easily than phone lines. I don't know about that, we just figured that the systems is working now so why screw around with it. KWIM?
Oh, and I know it's working now b/c I accidently tripped it a few weeks ago and the police showed up at my doorstep. LOL.
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Tah-wee-ZAH
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Re: Who do you use
Posted by DjPiLL
Posted by Tah-wee-ZAH
You can get all three combined using a special Cable vision package but there are serious drawbacks to that package... pricing is only for one year. you can call them but read the FINE print. We are not doing it because their phone lines cannot be traced by the 911 system and God forbid if an emergency happened...
I was told they have 911 tracing now.
Still can't do it. My father has one of those "I've fallen and can't get up" buttons and the company that issues it still cannot trace the cable numbers as of this past Monday.
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dengal
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Re: Who do you use
Posted by Tah-wee-ZAH
Posted by DjPiLL
I was told they have 911 tracing now.
Still can't do it. My father has one of those "I've fallen and can't get up" buttons and the company that issues it still cannot trace the cable numbers as of this past Monday.
This must be different. If you visit http://www.optimumvoice.com/ you'll see OptVoice offers E-911.
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| Posted 9/28/05 2:44 PM |
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Lisa68
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Hanisa
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Re: Who do you use
For those of you who have different services for the cable/ phone / internet, did you find it cheaper using all different services or combining 1 or 2 of the services?
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| Posted 9/28/05 9:11 PM |
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MsMa
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Meri
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Re: Who do you use
Cable- Cablevision
Internet/Phone- Verizon
Electric- LIPA
Gas- Keyspan
Water- Suffolk County Water Authority
and don't forget you have to pay Suffolk County Sewer
I live in Lindenhurst all of the above is who I use I can't really give you any amounts we pay because we have only been moved in almost 2 months BUT I have lived here all my life so if you have any questions I can try to help you let me know.
Meri
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Kelly9904
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Re: Who do you use
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| Posted 9/29/05 8:35 AM |
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CathyB
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Re: Who do you use
Posted by Lisa68
For those of you who have different services for the cable/ phone / internet, did you find it cheaper using all different services or combining 1 or 2 of the services?
By using 3 different services, it's definately not cheaper, but I wanted Directv b/c I got used to some channels on Time Warner cable when we lived in Queens that Cablevision doesn't offer (mainly BBC America) and we wanted cable internet since it's faster than DSL, but satellite internet was crazy expensive (at least when we looked into it 2 years ago). And like I said, our alarm company requested that we keep our landline, so that's why we have 3 different.
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