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Bertha Venation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 12:34 PM
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My utilities run about $___ per month.
Edited on Mon Mar-08-10 12:34 PM by Bertha Venation
I am absolutely shocked at how much I pay for utilities (propane, electricity, phones (including cell), internet, TV, satellite radio, trash, water service, and drinking water). Care to guess how much?

How much are your utilities per month?
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Tobin S. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 12:40 PM
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1. About $275 a month for me excluding water, sewer, and trash
which is included in my condo fee of $131 a month.
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Brickbat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 12:44 PM
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2. I don't even know, so I had to look it up: around $500 a month not including fuel oil.
Around 125 for dish TV.

About 125 a month for electric.

About 80 a month for cell phone.

Around 130 a month for landline and internet.

Anywhere from $600-900 for fuel oil every few months; we've switched to wood heat so that went way down.

I think $30 or so a month for trash, I'm not sure.

No water or sewer charge; we have a well and a septic.
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cbayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 12:46 PM
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3. Less than $100
Phone/internet - $55

Diesel fuel - $40

Living off the grid is grand!

:toast:
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 01:47 PM
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11. Why do you hate corporate America?
Corporations are people too, you know.
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VMI Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 12:50 PM
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4. About $850 a month this winter.
Should go down a little as it warms up.
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MiddleFingerMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 01:13 PM
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5. Included in my rent...
.
... except cellphone, which is $50 +fees/taxes.
.
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 01:16 PM
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6. Mine is just the light bill, which varies from $50 to $150
If you're shocked by yours, I'm guessing it's in line with VMI_dem's.
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 01:19 PM
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7. About $550.00
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1gobluedem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 01:27 PM
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8. $200-250 in winter
Less in the summer. That's heat (natural gas), electric, and water. Landline phone (including high speed internet DSL) and cable come to about another $200. My cell is free through my job.
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Juneboarder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 01:40 PM
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9. $440/month
$20-trash
$50-water
$135-cell phones
$150-cable/internet/home phone
$85-gas & electric
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 01:44 PM
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10. they just seem to go up and up, don't they?


Hmm, about $450, including garbage and water fees, in the winter - even with the new furnace, which was a bit of a surprise. We tend to use some of those oil heaters which look like radiators in colder areas, so I think that kicks the cost up a bit.

In the summer, probably about 250?
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mike_c Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 01:51 PM
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12. electricity and gas run about $130/month in winter, give or take...
Edited on Mon Mar-08-10 01:53 PM by mike_c
...and about $60 in summer. We heat with wood during most evenings and don't need much heat otherwise. Water is expensive here though, about $70/month. Cable internet access is $50, and VOIP phone service is $28/month. The SO pays for cell phone service on top of that, but I don't know how much.
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Blue Diadem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 01:53 PM
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13. $425 excluding cell phone. That's for gas, elec/water, cable, phone and internet and trash pickup.
We've been as high as $500 a month, it all depends on the gas company's budget plan amount.

Our water/sewer is high here, costs as much or more than our electric each month and I hear it's going up another $20 a month sometime this year. They're getting darn close to charging nearly as much as the water/sewer costs in fees so they can keep up the equipment/water/sewer plant. Funny thing is, most of these old houses here, mine included, still have wells but we're not allowed to use them.

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Lyric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 01:55 PM
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14. $313, roughly.
Electric: $66
Natural Gas: $72
Cable/Internet: $70
Water: $20
Trash: $25
Month's worth of cell phone minutes for me and Rhythm: $60

If we have a major cold snap, the gas bill can be a bit higher. But it's lower in the summer, so that evens out in the long run.
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 01:58 PM
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15. About $110 a month, all in
but check back after my Comcast intoductory offer expires... :scared:
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Roon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 02:29 PM
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16. I moved next door in with my Grandparents
60.00 for cell and 110.00 for cable and internet. I got off easy.
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MicaelS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 02:35 PM
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17. About $375 a month
$120 for electric
$125 for cable
$ 85 for internet / landline
$ 25 for water
$ 20 for cell phone, which is pay as you go, that breaks down to about $20 a month.

Garbage is part of rent.

Not as bad as some.
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blueamy66 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 02:49 PM
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18. Electricity is about $100
Edited on Mon Mar-08-10 02:50 PM by blueamy66
in the winter and over $250 in the summer.

I pay $55 a month for trash, sewer and water.

$60 for cable and phone

$50 for cell phone

not too bad....fiances co pays for our high speed internet
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rcrush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-10 02:52 PM
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19. Of all the things you included about 250-280 a month
Higher during the summer because of electricity.
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