Our recently launched segment called Unscrambled takes a look at some Time Warner Cable services and features that subscribers may not know about. In this installment, our Jill Urban introduces us to a new phone app that lets you take your home phone service anywhere. 

You may have heard of WiFi calling which are calls made over the Internet. It’s become quite popular thanks to services like Skype and Vonage. But if you are a Time Warner Cable phone service subscriber, did you know there is an app you can download that does the same thing for free? It’s called Phone2Go.

"Phone2Go is our free mobile app that gives you access to your Time Warner Cable Phone service.  So you can basically can use it on any of your favorite devices," explains Time Warner Cable VP of Marketing Marisol Martinez.

So basically, it’s like having your home phone anywhere. If you are in another country or traveling to a place with limited cell service just get on WiFi and the app allows you to make calls just like you would from home. No need for a new SIM card or international calling plan.

"It’s super easy to use. All you need to do is download the Time Warner cable Phone2Go app, you will need your Time Warner Cable ID,  and that’s it. All of your contacts are stored in your Phone2Go app. You can make calls, you can receive calls, you can text and you can video chat with is a great feature," says Martinez.

The app can handle up to five devices or users per phone line. So that means if you have friends or family who are far away, they no longer need to be long distance.

"One of the important advantages of Phone2Go is you can give an ID to a relative or friend who lives abroad. And they can make calls as if they were in the United States. So they can call you say on your cellphone, they may be say in Europe and you are in the U.S. and they would only pay the local rate," says Time Warner Cable Phone GVP/GM Jeff Lindsay.

Just make sure you give your ID to someone you trust.

And with the app you can make a call even if you don’t have a phone. As long as your tablet or computer has a microphone, you can make a call or use it to text or video chat. 

Not only is the app super easy to use, for many, it can translate to big savings from your cellular provider.

"Phone2Go will work over cellular data plan or over WiFi. And one option we are seeing people using increasingly these days is to take a data only plan from their cellular provider and use Time Warner Cable Phone2Go as their voice service. Typically voice services can be $40 per month. Our home phone service is a lot cheaper than that,"says Lindsay.

Now, again, this service is only available to customers with the Time Warner Cable phone plan. For more information or to download the app, visit timewarnercable.com so you can finally take the 'home' out of home phone.