A few week back , T - Mobile rolled out anew broadband - based landline - replacing servicein Dallas and Seattle test markets , give up customers to port their landlines to their T - Mobile account then pay $ 10 per calendar month for inexhaustible call in via a particular router . Here ’s a glimpse of the router , a change Linksys , with Ethernet diddly-shit and two headphone Jack-tar , plus internal slots for two SIM wit . It ’s a dear muckle , and will be cool for many mass when it rolls out this summertime , but there are things you need to jazz :
• SIMs used for landlines can’t — or rather shouldn’t — be used in cellphones , since they may not put to work , and if they do figure out they will torture up a la carte charges .
• The reverse is also unfeigned : you ca n’t use your cellphone SIM in an @Home router because it wo n’t have the appropriate E911 information , and wo n’t be configured aright . ( The second SIM one-armed bandit and tar are for a second line , but not your cellphone as originally surmise . )
• mass who have a land line just for their fax will be sad to learn , fax are not compatible with the @Home land line divine service at this time . Engineers are work on it , but for now it ’s not an option .
• You need to be spending at least $ 40 per month to add on the $ 10 - per - month land line replacement .
• One inquire what a DSL supplier might retrieve of this apparatus . If memory serves , some DSL provider require you to pay for landline service anyway , so check with your broadband supplier before throw — you may even be able-bodied to discover a deal .
Stay tuned for the national rollout , and actual product trial , in the belated outpouring or summer . [ T - Mobile Hotspot @Home ]
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