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I am getting utilities set up for new home and wonder if anyone has an opinion on these two companies. As I will be a snowbird for a while, Embarq had an interesting offer. They will set me up with phone full service, $30, dish TV, $25 and high speed internet for $25 of 1.5 MB or for all 3 about $80 a month. Now as a snowbird they say when I am not there, call and put on vacation mode and the cost for phone drops to $8, internet to $0 and dish stays the same for 2 years before they will accept vacation mode. That drops the cost to $33 a month. You can turn off and on as many times as you want for a month at a time. Best option using Comcast is the very basic cable for $11, local channels only. Internet for $25 for 3 months and $43 after that or a total of $54. They don't let you set up vacation options. For phone with them I would use Magic Jack.

Has anyone done the Embarq option and used the vacation option? If so does it work as they say? How satisfied are you with the service? Any other ideas for these services? Thanks for your kind advice as always.