T-Mobile @ Home question

[quailallstar]

Thinking of ordering this for the house. The only issue I see with this is how T-Mobile requires you have a wireless plan in order to qualify for @ Home service. Is there any way around this? I have AT&T right now with my Blackberry, and don't see my self leaving ATT untill the new T-Mobile 3G Blackberry is out (Sept or Nov?) Advice anyone? Currently home phone land-line through ATT is roughly 45 dollars and change per month.



Anyone have T-Mobile @ Home? Let me know if you like it or not.

[Artemis68]

Nope no way around it.

I use T-Mobile@Home (UMA) a lot. I don't have the 9.99 plan because I have unlim min. Works great.
I would say wait til the new 3G berry comes out in this fall or so. It's not that far away and you're going to want to get the discounted price.

Btw, UMA works even if you don't use the tmo router. I have a regular linksys router and it works great.

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[quailallstar]

Originally Posted by Artemis68

Nope no way around it.

I use T-Mobile@Home (UMA) a lot. I don't have the 9.99 plan because I have unlim min. Works great.
I would say wait til the new 3G berry comes out in this fall or so. It's not that far away and you're going to want to get the discounted price.

Btw, UMA works even if you don't use the tmo router. I have a regular linksys router and it works great.

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Wow that is awesome; UMA feature with T-Mobile. Thanks for the advice. I will be definitely be waiting for the new 3G Blackberry from T-Mobile before jumping into the @ Home service. I called AT&T about my ETF (Early Termination Fee) and they said currently at $120.00 (ends Aug 2010) to cancel my BB service, and they knock off $5.00 per month there after. So next month it will cost me $115.00 to cancel (Granted that highly rumored 3G BB comes to tmo in Sept)


Im happy

Originally Posted by quailallstar

Wow that is awesome; UMA feature with T-Mobile. Thanks for the advice. I will be definitely be waiting for the new 3G Blackberry from T-Mobile before jumping into the @ Home service. I called AT&T about my ETF (Early Termination Fee) and they said currently at $120.00 (ends Aug 2010) to cancel my BB service, and they knock off $5.00 per month there after. So next month it will cost me $115.00 to cancel (Granted that highly rumored 3G BB comes to tmo in Sept)


Im happy

UMA is the bomb....I used with 5 lines with VZW 1900 MINS monthly ..so almost 400 per line.... 179.00 +extra lines+ Ins+tax+1KB per line data unless it was blocked-which blocked mms= 260-290 monthly

Now with 3 (I took my kids phones till they straighten up) with UMA......drum roll......70.....70 minutes.....so I have the 700 family....with hotspot 9.99....

59.99+9.99+1 extra line 9.99+ins+data+tax=161-180....so average 100 savings every month....plus that awesome UMA/WiFi speed

[SandAngel]

@home is the BEST. We went from using 1500 miutes to about 100 give or take.
Don't forget to factor in what you will be gaining each month by dropping your current landline service and paying the $10 only per month for @home(plus taxes which usually are about $2-$3 for all extra fees). If you are paying $45 a month then you are already ahead of the game by $35 each month.


EDIT...LOL I have to admit i save even more because I have the freebie hotspot service where it doesn't use minutes and I don't have to pay anything extra. I just pay for the $10 @ home

[quailallstar]

This all sounds real promising!

youll be happy trust me.....the network is no verizon but give em time....and the UMA/WiFi and customer service more than make up for it

[ksm62]

Asked about this today @ T-Mobile I have Verizon, they said you have to get Verizon to seperate they're phone service from their DSL, I told them I did, and they won't, he said that's where I'm stuck, so I guess I won't be getting this, it must be for those who have broadband or Cable internet, and I have DirectTv.

[EmployeeForG1]

Tmo@home is teh awesomeness. Had it for a while and no probs. $13/month vs $55 a month. No contest.

[SandAngel]

Originally Posted by ksm62

Asked about this today @ T-Mobile I have Verizon, they said you have to get Verizon to seperate they're phone service from their DSL, I told them I did, and they won't, he said that's where I'm stuck, so I guess I won't be getting this, it must be for those who have broadband or Cable internet, and I have DirectTv.

Tell verizon you are canceling everything and getting your DSL elsewhere if they don't seperate for you. This is how I had to do it for my mother.


ALSO..... check out other DSL providers in your area. I lookd around and now pay half what i was by changing DSL providers during a special promotion. TONS of DSL people are running specials now. i get a fast high speed for $29 monthly with my carrier and its FAST FAST FAST. their lower end dsl was like $17but on special I get zooming fast for the $29 instead of $59 for the next year. By the way... it was supposed to be a year but when the year was up i told them I was canceling and changing and they agreed to another year at the PROMO price... so now I'm on year TWO

[mobile1dan]

We use it here at our stores for our business lines and its great!!!!

[cajunbell]

it is similar to att's call vantage where you can use regular landline phones?

[quailallstar]

Originally Posted by cajunbell

it is similar to att's call vantage where you can use regular landline phones?

I don't think so, but I could be wrong. Maybe someone on here can clarify?

[SandAngel]

Originally Posted by cajunbell

it is similar to att's call vantage where you can use regular landline phones?

yes i use my regular set of cordless phones that I always have used even when I had a landline . i believe the only thing is they have to be more then something like 2.4 mhz.... which most all phones are nowadays unless you had it FOREVER.


whoops... i need to clarify. regular home phones as long as they were the CORDLESS kind. You can't use the old corded kind

[cajunbell]

thank you so much ordering today