> I think cell phones eliminated the home phone line for most people, not the internet.
Right, in functionality, but if you think in terms of a kind of slot for bills, I think home Internet fits close into where the phone bill used to (think back when phone bills were kinda high, especially if you wanted caller ID and voicemail and such, once those came around, or long distance) while cell phones tend to be a little higher and fit roughly where cable/satellite used to, as far as proportion of telecom bill goes.
> Edit: I recommend US mobile or Ting for cheap phone plans. My wife and I pay ~$55 combined monthly on Ting.
Yeah, probably time for us to shop around again. We're on T-Mobile, which was easily the cheapest option from the big carriers at the time we picked it. We like that we still get (much slower) Internet service if we hit our tiny cap, which we can do by accidentally watching youtube for a few minutes with the wifi off. But maybe we should look at re-sellers. Seems crazy that they could be cheaper than going first-party, but I guess maybe they are, somehow.
[EDIT] is that $55 with taxes and fees and such? I remember last time I looked into this, maybe a year ago, what I kept running into was that it looked like I'd save a lot looking at sales' version of the figures, but when it came time to get serious about paying and those things got added in it was no savings, or maybe just single digit $/mo so not really worth a switch.