I know this blog is supposed to be about land, but I wanted to share with you my favorite way to stick it to the “Man” and get free long distance calling and avoid paying high cell phone service fees.
I don’t know about you, but I hate my cell service. Don’t get me wrong I love my iPhone, but AT&T is horrible. Well, there are all these cool ways now to make free calls via the internet. Since I have a hard time using my cellphone in my office I make free calls now directly from my computer using my gmail account. It’s easy and works pretty great most of the time. Some times it cuts out, but you just hang up dial again and 9 out of 10 times it works. All for free! If you sign up for Google Voice you can even accept incoming calls from your computer. I bought a Logitech USB headset since I’m on it all day, but if you just use it once in a while you don’t really need the headset.
There are a bunch of apps for free cell phone use via WiFi and the most popular is Skype. You need a smart phone like an iPhone or Google phone, but most people have them now. It just bypasses the cell towers when you are in a WiFi area and routes the call via the Internet and it sounds really nice. If you call someone whom also has Skype the Skype to Skype calls sound amazing. You can make 3G calls as well when you aren’t in a WiFi hotspot, but the quality really starts to suffer.
If you ever have to make an International call there is a new service called freephone2phone.com that will make you listen to a quick advertisement, but then will route your call for a free 10 minute call to most International numbers. It’s pretty amazing and the quality is great.
I think if you’re paying for basic telephone service and have a high cell phone bill each month it’s worth looking into these new technologies to save a few bucks. Then you can
take that $$$ acquire a piece of land! See a win-win for all of us.
My partner and I are on a mad buying spree right now so let me know if you are in the market for property.
