Switching to T-Mobile @Home

We are planning to save some money on communication.

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UPDATE

Running T-Mobile @Home through my cable internet service has been good thus far. The quality of the connection is good, without any jitters or other artifacts that come with VOIP services. I’ve been using the service for most of my phone calls rather than my mobile. I may be able to reduce my monthly rate plan further. With T-Mobile @Home, I am saving $20/month by adding the monthly cost and subtracting the savings from a higher rate plan. If I save more mobile minutes, I may be able to reduce my plan further and save more money.

There are other factors that figure into this. T-Mobile treats your @Home service as a mobile phone, so calls to other T-Mobile phones fall under the unlimited mobile-to-mobile feature. We also have a family plan with MyFaves, which means more minutes saved on the most frequently called numbers.

Another trick up my sleeve is that I have my Grand Central number forward to both my mobile and @Home phones. When calls come in, both phones ring and I use the unlimited @Home line to take those calls.

Finally, when calling those numbers that keep me on hold forever, you can bet I’ll use my @Home service. For only $10/month, T-Mobile @Home more than makes up its cost in savings. Even the most basic landline costs more than that with none of the features.

Moving Day – New Apartment

Mrs. Mata and I have a new place as of yesterday. We started moving stuff in last night, enough for us to sleep. There was no heavy furniture involved. The kids were pretty excited and wanted to spend the night even if we slept on the floor. My wife and I aren’t as resilient as we once were, but we slept on the floor anyway.

Today, we have to get our storage emptied out and then our furniture moved. Grandma will watch the baby while we put the other two to work. Our day will eventually take us to the local U-Haul rental as it is drizzly today. In previous moves, a pickup was enough.
We stopped by Danny’s Mexican Restaurant, a local favorite here in Mission, Texas, for breakfast and most especially coffee. We did not think ahead and failed to bring a coffee maker.
So we think we have a plan worked out more or less. We have some leeway because the move is in town; and, this is not a big town. There is no packing and unpacking, just moving. Well, time to get to work.

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Saving Money With Home-Ec101.com

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