Moving to Cumming

On this Page: Georgia Public Service Commission One-stop Utilities Temporary & Intermediate Housing Electricity Natural Gas Water & Sewer Waste Collection & Recycling Home Phone Internet TV Cell Phone (Coverage Maps) Vehicle Registration Driver’s License Newspapers & Magazines   Georgia Public Service Commission   This site provides a wide range of consumer services including explanations of how utilities are governed in Georgia, the ability to file complaints, gas marketer comparisons and bill calculators. Georgia Public Service Commission   Back to Top One-stop Utilities   Helpful Hint: These companies offer one-stop shopping and activation for many of your utilities.   MoveGeorgia   Connect Utilities, Inc.   WhiteFence   Helpful Hint: Some utility companies offer fixed rate plans. These are different than monthly fixed payment plans. Be sure to select what will work best for your situation.   Helpful Hint: Don’t hesitate to negotiate and ask for a better rate. You may not get the best deal the first time.   Helpful Hint: Several companies offer package deals for TV, cell phone, Internet and home phone services.   Back to Top Electricity Helpful Hint: Both Georgia Power and Sawnee EMC provide service throughout the entire county. Check with your REALTOR to learn which one will service your new home.   Georgia Power Start/Stop Service   Residential Rates   Sawnee EMC Obtaining Service   Time of Use Rate   Regular Residential Rates    Back to Top Natural Gas Atlanta Gas Light’s Guide to Natural Gas Marketers   Back to Top Water & Sewer Forsyth County   City of Cumming   Back to Top Waste Collection & Recycling Helpful Hint: Not all private companies offer the same recycling services. Most companies do not offer pick-up for everything that the county will accept at the recycling centers.   Helpful Hint: Check if your new neighborhood has preferred collectors, limited collection days, or a community contract.   Forsyth County Recycling   Allcycle Sanitation & Recycling Services 725 Branch Road Alpharetta,GA 30004 (770) 475-1853 Advanced Disposal/G&G Sanitation Systems 8880 Old Federal Road Ballground,GA 30107 (770) 887-6063 www.advanceddisposal.com Sanitation Solutions Phone: (770) 886-7323 United Waste Robertson Sanitation P.O. Box 44066 Atlanta,GA 30336 Phone: (770) 941-4363; 770-944-4974 www.rob-san.com   Waste Management Metro Atlanta Customer Service 3001 South Pioneer Drive Smyrna, GA 30082 (404) 794-6707 email:  Atlantasales@wm.com On-line new service request form:  www.wm.com   Back to Top Home Phone MUST READ: Georgia Public Service Commission’s Consumer Advisory   Helpful Hint: Register your home phone and your cell phone with the no-call lists to prohibit telemarketer calls from for-profit groups. [Non-profit organizations can still call.]   Helpful Hint: Don’t know who Clark Howard is? Welcome to Georgia! He’s our resident consumer advisor with a radio show, newspaper column, TV spots and a web site.   Long-distance providers This link is to Clark Howard’s current list of long distance providers.   Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) – Requires high speed Internet This link is to Clark Howard’s current list of VOIP providers.   Back to Top Internet Bell South - DSL   Adelphia - Cable Modem   Helpful Hint: If the DSL provider believes they should be able to provide you with service, and they can’t get “the line provisioned”, verify with Bell South that there isn’t malfunctioning hardware in your area.   Georgia Public Services Commission – Bellsouth & DSL   Earthlink – DSL   Top 20 list of high speed providers   Back to Top TV Adelphia   Helpful Hint: If you decide on a satellite system, be sure to get enough dishes and receiver modules to support all your TV’s with a high quality signal.   DirecTV   DISH Network   Back to Top Cell Phone (Coverage Maps) Helpful Hint: Register your home phone and your cell phone with the no-call lists to prohibit telemarketer calls from for-profit groups. [Non-profit organizations can still call.]   Helpful Hint: Hills, Lake Lanier, and power lines from Lake Lanier may interfere with your cell service, especially when driving. Hang on – it typically is only a problem for a few hundred yards.   Verizon   Sprint/Nextel   Cingular   T-Mobile   Back to Top Vehicle Registration Georgia Department of Motor Vehicles   Back to Top Driver’s License Driver’s License: New to Georgia   Driver’s License: Address change in Georgia   Back to Top Newspapers & Magazines Cumming’s Own Magazine   The Forsyth Herald   The Forsyth County News   Atlanta Journal Constitution   New York Times Home delivery in Cumming   Back to Top