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Re: TMobile@Home Review said by prestonlewis:said by toro:What model is the Linksys router used by TMobile@Home ? The model number is: WRTU54G-TM with the TM standing for TMobile. It's a nice little router. Never needs rebooting, reliable, and will work just fine without the @Home voice service. It does not receive any instructions from TMobile so it will work nicely without the @Home service. Only the SIM cards, which control the 2 RJ11 phones jacks, get instructions from TMobile. Even if the SIM cards/RJ11 jacks are off, the router will continue to work like a normal Linksys router, just no voice ports. I'm an AT&T Wireless postpaid customer, and don't plan on switching just for this feature. But I do have a T-Mobile prepaid To Go Phone as a back-up (actually two). Anyone out there who can experiment can tell us what happens if you put a T-Mobile prepaid SIM in this router? Will it work, and if it does, the costs/deductions for incoming and outgoing calls?
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| said by burgerwars:I'm an AT&T Wireless postpaid customer, and don't plan on switching just for this feature. But I do have a T-Mobile prepaid To Go Phone as a back-up (actually two). Anyone out there who can experiment can tell us what happens if you put a T-Mobile prepaid SIM in this router? Will it work, and if it does, the costs/deductions for incoming and outgoing calls? For part of your answer see prestonlewis' item #5 above:
5. Can you take the SIM card and use it in a phone? NO. Put your @Home SIM card in a phone and it's 40cents per minute, according the TMobile rep. Put a regular cell phone SIM card into the @Home router and it's 20 cents/minute. | |
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said by burgerwars: I'm an AT&T Wireless postpaid customer, and don't plan on switching just for this feature. As I've said before, it appears the the T-Mobile @Home service is geared towards generating new business by taking away landlines from telcos. If @Home is even marginally, successful, I'd expect at&t and other traditional RBOCs to begin offering something similar. Landline usage keeps dropping making the expense of repairing/replacing copper lines expensive. Large telcos might can keep landline customers using an @Home type product which uses fiber, cable, or traditional copper and it saves them on repair, etc.
TMobile's restrictions on having at least a $39 cell phone plan severely restricts the @Home product since TMobile's cellular footprint is not that great. at&t and Verizon would actually do better if they offered a similar service in competitor's regions, taking away landlines from other telcos. However, @Home is peanuts when it comes to pricing but all the telephony companies are seeking ways to get more business since the cell market is flat and landline use if falling. | |
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