http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r18277797 en Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:32:19 EDT Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:32:19 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18277797 stufried : My understanding is that if you have an UMA phone and do not pay the $20 is that your calls come out of your regular minutes.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18277797 Thu, 03 May 2007 21:15:37 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18276822 anon : Are you people really that unaware? You pay 20.00 not to NOT USE THEIR TOWERS, but to get unlimited voice at ANY WIFI area, which are everywhere now-a-days. So, you pay 60.00 a month for almost unlimited wireless phone access. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18276822 Thu, 03 May 2007 18:27:04 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18275440 PolarBear : I agree with those above; $20 to NOT use minutes on their towers... doesn't really make sense... since you already have to buy a special phone to use the service, it should be free, or at least in the area of a couple of bucks. On the other hand, consider this: You can make unlimited calls to anywhere in the us. Qwest here charges an extra $20/month for that on top of your regular phone service. My Vonage service charges almost $30.

Anyway, one thing this report (and all reports) fail to mention is that you can use the service on ANY wi-fi connection, secured or not. You simply enter the security key on your phone to connect to a secure wi-fi network. I use it in my home, on my OWN router; I use it at all of my friends houses on their wireless routers, and if I am in an area with no service, I can usually get close to a house and 'borrow' someone's router to make a call.

In the beginning, hand-offs between router and cell tower were impossible for me. It would simply drop the call. Now, I can walk out to the street and pick up cell tower, and walk back inside to the office to pick up router, back and forth while on a call, no problem. Sometimes, there is a half-second cut-out where I must ask the person I am talking to to repeat themself. But usually, not a problem at all.

I originally got the service because there is no cell service at my house, and it's been my main contact number for years. I will be moving soon to a large city, and I would like a PDA, but I don't know if I want to give up this Nokia!
--
A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other invention, with the possible exceptions of handguns and Tequilla. -- Mitch Ratcliffe]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18275440 Thu, 03 May 2007 14:10:52 EDT