 montee4Premium
join:2004-02-15
Chicago, IL
1 edit | reply to Authority
Re: [Equipment] T-Mobile UMA (VoIP) BlackBerry Amazing! said by Authority:said by stufried:With the UMA Blackberry, can you successfully navigate your way through an ordinary hotspot portal and onto the net? I've only had it for a day, but so far connected via a corporate portal with no problem. You mean like Starbucks where you enter user and password through a browser right? The phone is already configured to join T-Mobile Hotspot locations as well as the T-Mobile branded routers they offer.
You do not need to pay for Hotspot service to get your phone to work on their Wifi network, it automatically connects. I tried it last night at the FedEx Kinkos near my house.
The blackberry, under the wifi setting section, has a "WiFi Hotspot Login" option, this launches the phone browser which takes you to the login page that you get when you first open a browser at most hotels and places like Panera. I just tried it at Panera. It just asks you to agree to the terms and conditions of Panera's wifi. Once you accept it via the browser, the UMA connection kicks in and you can start placing free calls. |
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| said by montee4:Once you accept it via the browser, the UMA connection kicks in and you can start placing free calls. Not exactly true. The calls are only "free" if you pay for their "hotspot@Home" feature, otherwise they're taken out of your normal minutes. |
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 AuthorityObama Biden '12
join:2000-03-29
Woodland Hills, CA | reply to montee4
said by montee4:The phone is already configured to join T-Mobile Hotspot locations as well as the T-Mobile branded routers they offer. Mine wasn't. I has to login at Starbucks. |
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montee4Premium
join:2004-02-15
Chicago, IL
4 edits | reply to TMobileMan
said by TMobileMan :said by montee4:Once you accept it via the browser, the UMA connection kicks in and you can start placing free calls. Not exactly true. The calls are only "free" if you pay for their "hotspot@Home" feature, otherwise they're taken out of your normal minutes. Do you still get a UMA connection though the WiFi if you haven't puchased the hotspot @ home service? I assumed the phone wouldn't connect. |
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| said by montee4:said by TMobileMan :said by montee4:Once you accept it via the browser, the UMA connection kicks in and you can start placing free calls. Not exactly true. The calls are only "free" if you pay for their "hotspot@Home" feature, otherwise they're taken out of your normal minutes. Do you still get a UMA connection though the WiFi if you haven't puchased the hotspot @ home service? I assumed the phone wouldn't connect. Even if you don't sign up for hotspot@home service you will get an UMA conneection BUT ONLY the minute would STILL be counted against your cell plan minutes.
The hotspot@home service only makes your UMA minutes not count against your cell plan minutes it does not add ability to make WiFi call (that is already there if you have a phone uma enabled phone with your t-mobile service)_ |
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