Rooted in the past, phone and cable.

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People still clinging on to the old home services are spending more to hold on a dying service then to catch up to modern times and switch to mobile and streaming.

Even bundled services do not include landline anymore.  Mobile phone is long distance and portable costing only $45 avg on the low end while land line with long distance not portable costing $60 avg on the low end.

For a business line this is different and excusable, but cheaper at $40 avg a line for POTS which is cheaper the mobile service.

Cable costing a crazy $80 for the smallest package that may not have all the content you want and your forced to view on their time table.  While even 5 streaming services with little to no limits getting more out of each can run you $35-50.

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