[jyl]

I've been looking at dropping the phone part of the cable bundle, and using an Internet phone - some here like them, I think Hugh is one.

The cable company makes it look like dropping the phone part doesn't save enough to make it worth bothering, but someone who works in the cable biz told me the hidden part - a lot of the fees, taxes, and add-on charges that make upa good chunk of the bill go with the phone service, so they would get dropped too.

I have not checked this, but you might want to.