I'm about to save a ton of money.
We seriously do not use our cellphones. We just don't. I pick mine up to make a call maybe once a week, I get a call on it maybe once a month, and in neither case have I *needed* it to be a mobile solution. I could have taken the call in my house.
But really, a land line phone is so 19th century, isn't it? This is the digital age. I know there has to be an internet solution to problem. Or rather, say, I *knew*. I have now confirmed that there is, and it calls to me like a gentle siren. The song it sings goes, "You are a neeeeeerd, Jason. You should be a neeeeerd in all thiiiings."
The solution is Skype. All of my readers know what this is: Perhaps the world's most popular VoIP program. This is probably not news to anyone, but what I didn't know is, for like $3 bucks a month, I can call anybody on any phone as much as I want in the US and Canada using my computer. For an additional $2 bucks a month, I can have a phone number that dials *in* to my computer. In today's economic climate, a $5 phone bill looks pretty yummy. Plus this gives me the excuse to switch to my apartment cable modem, the local hub for which is perhaps 150 feet from my front door. It'll be like having my own T1 at that distance.
Plus there is just something deliciously nerdy about using your computer to call people.
/CrowTRobot: "Speaker phones on computers, it must be THE FUTURE!"
17 March 2009
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The only difficulty we might run into is having our SkypeIn number recognized as legit. I don't know about that particular from a legal standpoint. Then again, I don't think having a phone line is a legal requirement. So bite me, people.
It'll be nice to have voicemail that functions too.
I just am disgusted with the thousands of minutes that go unused and shrivel up in our account. We have a Garmin we share. And if we're very paranoid, we can get disposable phones for the cars.
Since we rarely leave the apartment, why WOULDN'T we use Skype? And when I'm out and occupied, frankly, the last thing I want to do is talk on the phone.
The only feature I'll miss is the alarm clock. That's more or less all I use the bloody thing for. Since you never answer and Rice is never around, I have no one else I call or am called by. Except, of course, for wrong numbers. >.>
Yeah, two words for you, dear:
Debbie Smith
Go you!
If you can live without cell phones, then it sounds like an excellent opportunity. Personally we use ours too much to do that. Even if we didn't, I think I'd still want to have a prepaid cell in case of emergencies. When is the end of your contract?
It does suck how much phone service costs. That was part of the reason we never had the landline hooked up to the house. We never use it. I am thinking of dropping our minutes down though when we renew.
Oh, I forgot to mention that Josh's been using Skype for a little while now. He has an app on his ipod that he can use to make calls with so it's almost like he has a cell phone...at least in the house. The number of wifi hotspots is increasing though.
You can also download it on the PSP. I'm covered!
iPod Touch, dear? ;)
I shall consider the Touch, love. ;) Josh apparently uses it and likes it, so why not? Might be nice to have around in case we ever need to make a call while we're out and we can find a hotspot. Then again, your PSP should suffice for that. Food for thought...
Oh, and Randi, our contracts expired like months ago. So we can apparently shut these things off any time we like.
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