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Title: How much do you guys usually pay for utilities?
Post by: thekavorka on May 06, 2008, 04:39:06 PM
I'll be moving in to my first apartment in a couple of weeks. I was just wondering on average what you guys pay for things like electricity, water, waste, etc.

Also, I've been shopping around for internet and it looks like the only provider in my area is Time Warner. I'm thinking about getting 

5000 KBPS Down
384 KBPS Up
$30 per month for the first 6 months ($45 after that).

Is that a complete rip-off? I'm a total internet noob. Will that work well for things like Xbox Live and streaming video? What do you guys pay for internet and what speeds?

Title: Re: How much do you guys usually pay for utilities?
Post by: lordmaji on May 06, 2008, 04:43:08 PM
Winter GAS: 350-600 depending.
Summer GAS: 30-70 depending.
Electricity: 75-150 depending
Water: 100+ (I think it was 150 last month)
Trash: 75
Inet: 35
Dish: 55

Something like that.
Title: Re: How much do you guys usually pay for utilities?
Post by: Mupepe on May 06, 2008, 04:44:53 PM
electricity is 100-150 year round.
water is covered by my apartment and from what I've seen is covered by pretty much any decent apartment complex
internet is 14.95.  i got shitty at&t dsl but it does me just fine.
Title: Re: How much do you guys usually pay for utilities?
Post by: thekavorka on May 06, 2008, 04:48:23 PM
Winter GAS: 350-600 depending.
Summer GAS: 30-70 depending.
Electricity: 75-150 depending
Water: 100+ (I think it was 150 last month)
Trash: 75
Inet: 35
Dish: 55

Something like that.

wait. per month? jesus christ. do you live in like alaska
Title: Re: How much do you guys usually pay for utilities?
Post by: lordmaji on May 06, 2008, 04:50:20 PM
Winter GAS: 350-600 depending.
Summer GAS: 30-70 depending.
Electricity: 75-150 depending
Water: 100+ (I think it was 150 last month)
Trash: 75
Inet: 35
Dish: 55

Something like that.

wait. per month? jesus christ. do you live in like alaska

Michigan.  :-\
Title: Re: How much do you guys usually pay for utilities?
Post by: Fragamemnon on May 06, 2008, 05:01:57 PM
2500 sqft. house in mild weathered North Carolina-I pay $150-$200 electricity, $50 for water/trash, $35 for cable internet, no landline phone and no premium dish/cable internet service.
Title: Re: How much do you guys usually pay for utilities?
Post by: Mupepe on May 06, 2008, 05:05:29 PM
Frag, got room for one more?
Title: Re: How much do you guys usually pay for utilities?
Post by: Laramie on May 06, 2008, 05:17:11 PM
Nothing.  They're all included in my bill.  I don't know why I posted this as it helps nobody.
Title: Re: How much do you guys usually pay for utilities?
Post by: GilloD on May 06, 2008, 05:35:33 PM
I'll be moving in to my first apartment in a couple of weeks. I was just wondering on average what you guys pay for things like electricity, water, waste, etc.

Also, I've been shopping around for internet and it looks like the only provider in my area is Time Warner. I'm thinking about getting 

5000 KBPS Down
384 KBPS Up
$30 per month for the first 6 months ($45 after that).

Is that a complete rip-off? I'm a total internet noob. Will that work well for things like Xbox Live and streaming video? What do you guys pay for internet and what speeds?



QUADRUPLE check your first month's electricity and call to confirm. Nearly everytime I get my first bill it's like 4x what it should be and I have to call to get it fixed. Like I should be paying 100 bucks and it comes out to 300.
Title: Re: How much do you guys usually pay for utilities?
Post by: Rman on May 06, 2008, 06:13:42 PM
Electric and gas: 40 bucks
Internet (Cable) 30 bucks
Apartment, so no water bill.
Title: Re: How much do you guys usually pay for utilities?
Post by: Bildi on May 06, 2008, 07:01:20 PM
Nothing.  They're all included in my bill.  I don't know why I posted this as it helps nobody.

It feels good to say you pay nothing, even if you pay it in some other way.  It's OK to admit it.

You selfish prick.
Title: Re: How much do you guys usually pay for utilities?
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on May 06, 2008, 08:05:01 PM
Split up between three other roommates, about $30 a month
Title: Re: How much do you guys usually pay for utilities?
Post by: hyp on May 07, 2008, 01:44:24 PM
gas/electric: $100-$150/month
water: $30/month
cable internet: $60/month
garbage: FREE
Title: Re: How much do you guys usually pay for utilities?
Post by: Eric P on May 07, 2008, 01:44:56 PM
i pay $150 a month.  $300 split two ways
Title: Re: How much do you guys usually pay for utilities?
Post by: Laramie on May 07, 2008, 01:47:47 PM
Nothing.  They're all included in my bill.  I don't know why I posted this as it helps nobody.

It feels good to say you pay nothing, even if you pay it in some other way.  It's OK to admit it.

You selfish prick.

The way I see it, I'm wasting money by not using as many of my utilities as I can at once.  At any given moment I'm running all four burners on the stove, I have all the windows opened with the thermostat set to 55 degrees (13 C) and I'm running every faucet at max capacity. 
Title: Re: How much do you guys usually pay for utilities?
Post by: Mupepe on May 07, 2008, 01:56:48 PM
i pay $150 a month.  $300 split two ways
wanna go ahead and we can split it three ways? :)
Title: Re: How much do you guys usually pay for utilities?
Post by: Eric P on May 07, 2008, 02:00:46 PM
i'm sorry i already have a mexican friend

but if i need a day friend, i'll certainly hire you.