T-Mobile USA introduced this week a new $10 internet phone service called T-Mobile @Home, which lets customers place unlimited nationwide calls with their landline phones over broadband.
The service will also be compatible with HotSpot@Home, which uses a Wi-Fi router to handle calls from Wi-Fi enabled T-Mobile phones when in range, and the T-Mobile's cellular network. This way, customers can use their mobile phones at home without reducing their mobile minutes.
T-Mobile also said that their new service was a huge success in test markets like Dallas and Seattle where 97% of all customers who qualified switched to T-Mobile @Home.
T-Mobile's new @Home service, will officially launch on July 2 and will be an add-on service for current T-Mobile mobile phone subscribers. It also requires a $50 router, sold separately by T-Mobile.
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GOD is good.
I would need more information. Do I have to keep my old phone?
Glynis: You do not need to keep your old landline phone or phone number.
T-Mobile sells VTech cordless phones. The VTech phones have a blinking voicemail indicator on both the base and handset as well as a phone book directory. Included are a base, an extra charging unit, and two handsets; additional units can be purchased directly through VTech.
You may, if you choose to, port your primary home phone number. Otherwise you will be assigned a phone number. Porting landline numbers can take several days to complete.
You also need to have T-Mobile mobile service ($39.99 or higher individual or $49.99 or higher family plan). If you need both home and mobile service, you can't get a better value!
I think this is a good idea and a great way to beat the phone companies. One thing that I think they need to do is offer the service and waive the $50 fee for the router. That is stopping me from switching.
-I only have local landline service for $25 monthly.
-With broadband, I could get VOIP for $25 ($50 total).
-Charter offers broadband, phone, & TV for $70 ($100 from Time Warner & AT&T U-verse).
-Paying $75 for broadband, mobile service, and free landline calls (without TV) doesn't attract me, but I'm in the minority.
lets cut to the chase how much do I have to put upfront to get this service
There must be a catch or hidden exrta fees, as $10.00 a month seems to be an unbelieveable price?