I have spoken to my Tmobile dealer and am starting the service on tuesday. I have been out of contract with them for two years. One minor issue was that I have 5 phones on the family plan. Tmobile does not have a way to bill for 6 numbers (@Home being the 6th). I moved the cell phone in my Family Plan using the least amount of minutes to a prepaid plan. This will cost me approx. $80 more per year, however I will save $60 a month by dropping AT&T so it is worth it.
I keep my current AT&T home phone number that I've had for 25 years. It takes 2-3 days to switch over.
As someone stated earlier it is unlimited local and nationwide calling for $10 a month. Faxing does not work on the system.
The router has a separate band range for the voice side. This way the computer side does not get encroached on.
You have to sign a two year contract with a $35 activation fee. The activation fee is the same as adding a new cell number to a contract so I don't think that is unusual.
Because I have to lock in for two years I am also upgrading the four remaining phones on the Family Plan and extending that service for two years.
I have had Tmobile service for approx 10 years and have been happy with the service in my area and on cross country trips.
Really looking forward to a few more reviews of the new service. I checked it out at my local T-Moible store over the weekend and was impressed. We have been with T-Mobile (and Voice Stream before that) for over 12 years. As such, I was hoping to talk the guys at the store into throwing me a bone for being with them so long by comping the router and activation fees, but no dice. Will keep working that angle if all sounds well!
... We have been with T-Mobile (and Voice Stream before that) for over 12 years. As such, I was hoping to talk the guys at the store into throwing me a bone for being with them so long by comping the router and activation fees, but no dice. Will keep working that angle if all sounds well!
Try calling T-Mobile business sales @ 866-464-8662. It doesn't seem to matter whether you are a business. I added 4 lines in the past 60 days without activation and got a far better deal on handsets than available from other outlets.
I have not tried the fixed @home service but have U/L UMA for 6 cell lines. The UMA call quality is excellent using silence suppression and around 1/2 the bandwidth of my other VoIP providers. The service has some issues. I'm on my 13th month and almost gave up twice, but, T-Mobile is making constant improvements. I think some issues are capacity related caused by their rapid growth. You may want to wait a few months until they adjust to the initial sales. They might offer a rebate to cover the cost of the router.
Will keep working that angle if all sounds well!
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