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Another cheechako question, are phone rates, line, and/or cell higher, or different in Alaska than the lower 48?


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Higher. I'm amazed at what relatives pay for similar service down in America.


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And getting worse.....switched to AT&T and regretting it.

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we kept our Alaska numbers and service when we left 6 years ago, taxes down here in the commie-wealth of VA would have cost us a lot more

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AT&T is good if you have kids going outside for school as it's unlimited minutes long distance between phones in your plans, but otherwise is spendy.

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Alaska Communications land line: $16.50 plus tax per month.

AT&T Cell phone:$60-$90 per month (including data) depending on plan.


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Still hanging on to a land line here. Never had a dropped call with it.


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Where we live there's no competition; GCI for cell service and the local co-op for land lines. Prices and service are commensurate with the amount of competition...


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Land line prices are regulated by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska regardless of competition.

http://rca.alaska.gov/RCAWeb/Documents/Reports/2016Telecomm.pdf

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