Free home phone away from home!

A week ago I discovered a low cost ($25 landline phone at the local big box) way to take my home phone with me when ever we take the beast out for a jaunt through the country side. To date the only investment was the regular plug into the wall home phone. (I sold my old one in a garage sale a few months back for fifty cents). To explain why I am so happy with myself. I had become tired of increasing costs of our land line at the house. On a visit to the AT&T local store the genius (really) in the store suggested I switch to the AT&T home wireless service. The service was less than $20 per month with unlimited local and long distance (North America) calling. There was a 14 day no harm no foul trial period that allowed me to return it if I didn't like the service. Best part was I could just plug in my existing home phones and it would work. I was thinking nothing is that easy.

Well I was wrong. It was easy, it was more clear than the land line and it really was under $20 per month. Back to my personal happiness. As we are using the motorhome for extended trips I need a low cost and reliable method to have phone service while away. Back to the AT&T store genius. Expecting a pitch for a new high monthly fee cell plan (which I could not afford) I was presented with.... Why don't you just get a inexpensive home phone, unplug your AT&T wireless home control box, plug it into the 110V in your motorhome and you have your home phone with you where ever you go. Again, being the skeptic it couldn't be that easy. Wrong again, it was!

So in our limited time to travel so far it has worked every place we go including as we drive (I plugged into my inverter). The signal has been strong and I can add an external antenna to improve the signal. The best part is I spend the same $20 a month I did before, if someone calls me at the house they get me in the motorhome (and don't know the difference) and the would be "bad guy" thinks we are still home so they will need to search for another place to burgle.

As for data service I still use my reliable smartphone as my hotspot and walk around phone. This just proves that one's real genius is in knowing who the real genius's are and let them do what they do.... be smart.