Home Expenses

This morning I added up what I pay per month for condo fees, insurance, property taxes and "communication services" (i.e. landline, cell phone and internet), but not food, clothing etc.  

I found that the communication things are a full 20% of the total.  And I don't have cable TV, just Netflix and BritBox (which I did not include in the monthly total).

When I grew up in the 1950s people paid to have a telephone.  

Then cable TV came along.  Then the internet and cell phones.

Yet, in this modern world I cannot imagine not having the internet and my cell phone.  It just seems like a huge part of my necessary expenses.  I pay more for these things that I do property taxes.