So my brother (the other breadwinner) will likely be moving out of our flat soon. That means alot of thing to me but for one thing it is that I would need to juggle the household expenses by myself.

The first thing that hit me was that I would probably need to pay the communication and entertainment utilities all by myself.

It still astounds me sometimes how expensive maintaining communication and information is. Take for example most of my friends who aren’t married:

Home broadband: 30-50 dollars
Fixed Line Telephone: 8 dollars
Cable Tv: 30-50 dollars
Mobile Broadband: 10-20 dollars
Mobile Phone w data: 30-60 dollars

The total cost of connectivity comes up to 100-180. If you have more than one family member that holds a mobile phone then that goes up further.

The saving grace is that if you sign up with one telco, they give you a major ...