Tomorrow is a big day. The cable guy is coming to hook us up to the internet, cable TV, and a phone. We’re bypassing the phone company all together, because it is much cheaper. We should save about $100 a month by having a phone system through cable. We only need one phone jack in the whole house. The internet connection should be much faster. I hear the death toll of phone companies.

The main reason we’re switching is because of the cheaper cost. Cable is not subject to the same taxes as the phone company. About 40% of our phone bill has been taxes. I believe that cable was able to prevent Congress from applying the same taxes on them. Not sure why. It might be a free speech thing.

It’s funny how technology does not obey any Darwinian law. The best technology does not always succeed. Macs were always much better computers than PCs. Betamax worked better than VHS. And governmental laws are going to give cable an edge and dig a grave for Ma Bell.