| If you are in a rural area, I doubt if there are other land line choices available to you for a phone. What is breaking the bank?
The actual local line?
The features...ie voice mail, call waiting, caller ID, wire care insurance plan?
the cost to call locally...is it a per minute charge?
calls in state?
calls out of state? I am retired from 'the phone company' so know a bit about the ins and outs of all the billings costs and issues. There may be a better 'plan' suited to your calling needs, once your calling habits and features are known. I think voice mail and caller ID are about $8 for each service a month unless they are in a bundled plan. It is much cheaper (and more convenient in my opinion) to have an answering machine with a one time cost of just $20 or so.
Sue | 
