Hands-on with T-Mobile @Home

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Paul @ Jun 25th 2008 1:42PM

TJ, I'll bet your PC still has to have a 25-pin serial port on it, as well...

Seriously, you're in a small minority of folks who can't transition to an e-fax service and an even smaller minority who for some reason still need to use dial-up despite having a broadband connection. Yes, I can see the possible need for both of these for a very small minority, but sheesh! This is a $10 option for T-Mobile customers that will work for 99% + of the people out there. No need to slam it...

I do have a question about this, though. If I've dropped my land line but simply want the @Home service for cost reduction in home (and for the fact that I don't get good reception there), is it possible to still hook up a standard phone and have my cell calls ring through to the standard phone. I guess I'm asking whether your cell calls ring through to the VTech handset as well as the home phone calls. My pocket-less wife is forever leaving her cell wherever she isn't and it'd be nice to break out the old wireless phones and spread them out so that she'll not miss calls.

Also, is this $10 on top of any other @Home fees paid per handset? So, if I have two handsets and this service am I paying $30 extra per month or is it just $10 flat?

Thanks!

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rkrupka1 @ Jul 7th 2008 9:43PM

Yes on the bluetooth connection to the home phone. Vtech makes a great system in the new LS5145. It allows your mobile phone to synch up with the Vtech cordless base. When your cell phone rings, it also rings all the cordless phones on the system. The screen shows that the call is coming in via the cell phone. You can also make outgoing calls on the cell phone line as well. Really cool feature

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