subject: Home Phone & Internet - The Best Ways To Stay Connected [print this page] Home Phone & Internet - The Best Ways To Stay Connected
How can you put a price on staying connected? The ability to stay up to date and connected to everyone we care about and are close to is so important. Thanks to technology it has never been easier to learn about all the recent news, the upcoming events and even the best gossip in your circles. Home phone lines, sometimes referred to as fixed lines or landlines, allow you to use the full breadth of communication because with crystal clear call quality you'll be able to hear and appreciate every inflection and change in tone that is so important to making phone calls personal, and which you often loose with cellular conversations. And then there's the internet. The internet has so many ways for you to stay in touch and network with your friends and family that it would be hard to list them all in any one place.
Here is a brief list of important ways that bundled home phone and internet service can keep you closer and in better touch with the ones you love.
Home Phone - There is so much that is communicated by the human voice that has nothing to do with the words. Whether a change in tone, a purposeful pause or just a shift in inflection it is the nuances of the human voice that makes conversation so worthwhile. The loss of these factors either by written communication or subpar cellular transmission that uses a variable sample rate to cut down on the amount of information to be transmitted can make it hard to tell exactly what the other person is saying. With a landline you can talk as if the other person is in the same room with you.
Call Forwarding - How do you stay in touch when you are the one that is out of town? Call forwarding is the answer. Never miss a call that comes into your home simply because you aren't there. Depending on your provider you have a wide range of forwarding options open to you so you can be there no matter where you are.
3-way calling - When one on one isn't enough, you can get more people into the pool with 3-way and conference calling. You can merge calls for those important or juicy conversations that just need to be shared. 3-way calling is the best way for you to brainstorm or brag.
Email - Sometimes you don't have an answer right away. Sometime you want to think about it or make sure your phrasing is right. Well when you use the free email account that comes with many home phone and internet bundles you have complete control over your side of the conversation. All of the customizability with none of the mess of paper, stamps and curriers.
Instant Messaging - If you're going to need to go back and forth with someone for a while, or need a discrete way to carry on a conversation, instant messaging, known as i.m.-ing, is the way to go. Get immediate responses, share links and even transfer files directly from you over your broadband internet to your friends.
Video Chat - When you choose a digital phone and high speed internet package that includes a more robust bandwidth you can easily video chat with anyone anywhere in the world. The closest thing to in person you can get without actually being together, video chatting lets you see the other person and talk with them, as if they were right there.
