You can cop an attitude and all that, but it won't get you anywhere. From what I hear they are all this way (including AT$T). If you can make and sell a cell phone for $20 OR $80 you should go into business.

Vonage is its own animal - good luck with all of that.

I pay around $35 a month for VZ local phone and VZDSL combined. The wireless carriers can't convince me I need to be connected 24/7, so I don't have that cost. If you need to take advantage of the latest tech goodies, you need to pay for them.