The US' TV and telecommunication market is known for its high monthly costs compared to other countries and it comes with a huge variety of combined offers which can leave the freshly moved geek simply confused.
E.g. often 24 month contracts are offered for a relatively low monthly payment, which increased after 3 months and again after 12 months - both only mentioned in tiny letters below the main offer - or only in combination with expensive channel packages.
- Getting the cheapest Internet-only connection (calculated over the whole 24 month period, to be able to compare the overall costs - in our case the cheapest was Comcast)
- Get TV over the air (see here) and via apps
- No phone landline
- US Calls: use mobile phone
- International Calls: use Voice over IP (in my case with a free German number from sipgate using the app Groundwire)
Image by Thomas Leuthard via Flickr
