Question from potential iphone buyer, no iPhone service at my home

I want to buy an iphone, but at&t doesn't work at all at my house. (it works great 3 blocks away). I'm afraid I'll miss important calls when I'm at home. I could have iphone forward calls to my house, but that involves the hassle of remember to forward and unforward whenever I get home or leave home. Also, there may be an extra charge for forwarding calls. I've thought about telling people in my outgoing message to try my home number if they get voicemail. Anyone have any other ideas?

I could have iphone forward calls to my house, but that involves the hassle of remember to forward and unforward whenever I get home or leave home
If you were to get an iPhone and use this strategy, bear in mind that you cannot switch call forwarding on or off if you are not in an AT&T service area - thus since you don't have service at home, you'd have to do it before you get home and after you leave home once in service coverage.
The reason is that these features are network based, not phone based, so if you aren't in a signal coverage area, the network won't know you've changed settings.

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