Comments on: T-Mobile@Home launch details aplenty

By: pky98102

pky98102 — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 20:17:19 +0000

Dudes!! Was one of the peeps to stand in line in my bathrobe and received the complete package, CELL PHONE AND ROUTER, and I do have to say it is sweet and you can not tell of the switch at all and the rate plan offered was just ridiculous, as long as you are in a HotSpot the calls are free but if not the 2000 mins that come with the plan are more than I use in a month.

Didn’t believe it until the bag was in my hand and I LOVE IT!!!

By: Abet

Abet — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 01:11:09 +0000

Nope. All the calls I believe will be routed through the internet. Therefore, no minutes will be counted.

By: Abet

Abet — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 01:09:10 +0000

UMA service will only be offered by T-Mobile for now. Exclusive to T-Mobile.

By: Sony

Sony — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:54:08 +0000

I will certainly go for one
I already have 3 handsets
but this one I would go for rather than the iPhone

By: jd

jd — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:32:15 +0000

It will work I just got off the phone with T-mobile.In a nut shell any call using wi-fi will be charged as anytime minutes unless subscribe to the uma addon. Uma will work in brazil as long as the call was originated on UMA but if you use phone to call any nuber other then to the US you willbe charged normal int dail rates.On the down side to this if you plan includes weekends or timobile to tmobile and you are using wi-fi without addon those minutes too will be deducted from you anytime minutes.

I hope this helps.

By: jd

jd — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 02:48:30 +0000

I’m am not sure how this will work internationly. I do know that roaming on Hotspot’s internationly costs an arm and a leg and it’s cheaper to purchase a day pass but if you using your own wi-fi connection it might work.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:51:07 +0000

International would be a big hit. The rest of the workd is a lot bigger than the US. IM also in Brazil and that would be an amazing combo; but we still need more phones that can serve both the US service and the overseas local operator.

By: Rohit Garewal

Rohit Garewal — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:46:16 +0000

Last week, prior to heading to Brasil, I called tmobile to turn on their worldwide blackberry service (@ $20/mo its a fantastic deal)…

…before I got off the phone, the rep, without any questions from me, said that it will be really good once their @home service launched since people such as myself, who travel international quite a bit, will be able to make calls for ‘free’ on a wi-fi network with my mobile.

Take the news with a grain of salt, but thats the word on the tmobile street.

By: Jorge

Jorge — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:25:50 +0000

This worked when outside the country on a WiFi network during beta. T-Mobile might block it though but it would be a very nice unofficial feature.

By: ben

ben — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:23:47 +0000

do you think you could set up the equipment in another country and use your cell? cause I am moving out of the country and if I could set up a router in another country and still be able to use a US # to make/receive calls that would be AMAZING! think it would work?

By: mobilecontrol

mobilecontrol — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:27:45 +0000

There are 3 devices so far. Samsung SGH-T709, Samsung SGH-T409, and Nokia 6086. Two flips, one slider.

By: FLIPP_96

FLIPP_96 — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:24:48 +0000

Thats what I heard Victor also. However, It seems stupid that TMO will launch @home without more phones to pick from…..

By: victor

victor — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:21:23 +0000

@FLIPP_96 the 8820 from what I knoiw will be out on Cingular first. Although that is my guess BG would be able to say other wise.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:20:21 +0000

Chicago is a test market…

By: FLIPP_96

FLIPP_96 — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:16:53 +0000

Where is the blackberry 8820? As soon as the 8820 is launched I will pick up the UMA service!

By: victor

victor — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:47:12 +0000

@MK if that is so that will be a great combo and that will make it even better than I (a none Tmo user) expexted.

By: MK

MK — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:43:35 +0000

the Curve should be dropping shortly…so they say. one of the in store reps told me that T-Mobile was waiting to introduce the Curve after the @Home service dropped…since the Curve will have wi-fi and will be able to take advantage of this new service.
cant wait!

By: victor

victor — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:38:35 +0000

I think will be an interesting process. Cingylar had something similar(sans wi-fi) at some point and it really didn’t catch on. The cost and lack of support were some of the reasons. But if this goes well I think it might help push it a bit further. Although I much prefer skype and 3g as a individual offerings. But free is good no matter what.

By: J

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:35:56 +0000

if it means that the Curve w/ wifi is coming then yes, I’m down.