T-Mobile unveils @Home service nationwide

There will be no non-wireless subscriber ability-you HAVE to have t-mo service. I’m an employee is how I know.

Regardless if you have issues transitioning from UMA to regular with any device, $10/month for unlimited calling from your home is a great deal. Some will be hesitant waiting for the gimmick, which surprisingly there is none!

Thanks JW, my thinking on the incoming calls was based on my UK experience.

Saw this post this morning, went to the T-Mobile Retail around the corner (literally) and had it up and running before 11:00 am CST. Thoughts so far are that I love this service! I have been considering adding a wifi @home line to serve as my home phone, and now I have this at half the monthly cost of the @home option. We’ll see how it goes long-term, but I have a hard time forseeing any major problems. Thanks and way to go T-Mobile!

then you are doing something wrong Chris. Check your software version and make sure have the latest. Either that or get new router

Is actually not VOIP as accesses tmobile network via internet only, VOIP uses internet solely

Yeah, the service is similar to VoIP, but not technically the same. End-user will pretty much view as same, I expect. I’ve been in tet market for a couple months. People I know that are trying it are shocked at how inexpensive it is, with no real drawbacks. Sure, no faxes and customers with 5 lines already can’t add it (since they’re calling it a 6th line), but other than that it seems pretty awesome. Can’t wait to get it!

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but other than that it seems pretty awesome. Can’t wait to get it!

Hahahahaha! Already gots it. YEEAHHH! HEEEELLL YEEAHHH! F*CK U THANK?

Tivos that still ‘dial-in’ won’t work, ’cause T-Mo doesn’t support data over the VOIP line. however Tivos that use a network adapter (all of ‘em support this) will have no problem. Plus you get lots of nifty addt’l Tivo features when you network it.

Same with other devices that ‘dial-in’: T-Mo doesn’t support it, consider moving ‘em to an alternate strategy. For instance lots of alarm systems can use celllphones, which makes ‘em more secure anyhow. Instead of a home-fax look into an online service – there are plenty of cheap email-to-fax-and-back vendors out there. At $10 for a home line a little rethinking is worth it!

And, as noted above, those with T-Mobile-to-T-Mobile service get free calls to these ‘landlines’. Other carriers just see it as another line -nothing special (in North America landlines, cellphones, etc. are all mixed together and there are no special rates for calls to one or the other except for some plans for calls within the same carrier)

Yessir:

The soft launch was actually on the 25th and the official launch is on July 2nd…I took the unit home from my store, set it up and used it without a hiccup, the hi port router actually works better than my linksys for internet connectivity to my lap top, and the calls are crystal clear. I’m a T-Mobile Retail rep, and I can’t wait to start selling the heck out of this, I’ve already activated 3, and see a nice windfall for the company. It’s an exciting product, and for 10 bucks!?!?

Well, it is disappointing that fax machines and security systems will not work with the T-Mobile service, but a friend of mine has the service and says its great.

Yes

No not at this time but I’ve heard rumors that you will be able to use faxes in the near future.

fax dosn’t work. has to be reset occasionally”shut off and re-started” don”t do a job interveiw on this line. life or death situation, it sucks. however: if your cell works good at home, its way cheaper than any land line. also bad computers with viruses or spy ware on your network will cause poor call quality.

This looks great, but if you aren’t happy with it you should try voip. I love them. They are at http://www.gethelptosucceed.com. Check it out!