Inching closer to cutting landline, again
Just read Walt Mossberg's review of T-Mobile's new cellphone at home service which sounds quite promising. This new service, call Talk Forever Home Phone, uses a 'special' Linksys wi-fi router that transmits your call to T-mobile's cell phone network. It is not a VoIP service. You can use your existing phone to make calls as oppose to a cell phone that was pegged to their Hotspot@Home service. The cost for this service is $10 per month ONLY if you are a current T-mobile customer and have a 'qualifying' plan; $40 individual or a family plan of $50 or more...which I do!
According to Walt Mossberg, there are some drawbacks, for example it does not work with fax machines. Not a biggie for me and do people still use fax machines? It also does not transmit your home address automatically to 911. In order for 911 to have your address linked to your phone number, you need to work with T-mobile to manually transmit that data to 911. This is also not a big deal as that was what I did when we used SunRocket VoIP before it died a painful death. The service is currently available in Seattle and Dallas for now.
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