Wifi Calling

[spleck]

Originally Posted by SmArTeStChIlD421

yeah that Gizmodo review says that it doesnt work with fax........is it that it doesnt work or that it doesnt work WELL

I saw something that it drops the speed of the fax real slow and even then it may terminate in the middle of the fax call.

[tmobileman]

I tried it, the fax wouldn't complete, the machine gets the call as soon as the data starts to transfer the call stops

[SmArTeStChIlD421]

is this a T-Mobile thing? or a VoIP thing?

[tmobileman]

I think its a VoIP thing but I am definately not a technician so I don't know for sure.

[SmArTeStChIlD421]

simply because I read that Vonage distributes fax lines

[AudioPro]

Tmobileman,

let me bring up a point about the router and faxes and then another point I hope you can answer....

If the router has two lines and we know that the router is optimized for voice and we know that fax is data...is it not possible to configure one side of the router for data (leaving the other line configured for voice), thereby making the fax machine "see" a happier more data-like signal?

Second issue....
I've got ATT for land line and DSL, bundled together. I absolutely hate them and their rotten customer service and billing practices (I've had the service almost a year and have never had a bill for the amount I was initially quoted). I want to drop their landline and get the @ Home service for the extra $10 added onto my TMobile monthly bill. Will this allow me to also access the TMoblie Hotspots? If so, will I be using from my bucket of minutes? I'm on the 600 minutes personal Value plan, so don't have a lot of minutes to play with each month (unemployed, but looking).

Also, I live "down in the holler" as they say in Tennessee. My coverage is good if I stand in one particular spot outside the house on the deck. Will the @Home wireless router act as an antenna/signal booster for my cellphone, so that if a call comes in I don't have to rush out to the "magic zone" on the deck before I try to connect to the call?

What will having both @Home and Unlimited Hotspot plans get me that just one plan would not? also, I don't have any data plan at all at this time, so if I wanted to surf the web from a new Blackberry 8320 could I do that on one or the other plan without getting charged anything at all?

i've read a ton of your posts and it is great to know that there is a real TMobile CSM on here that is just as much a junkie about cell phones as many others on here are.

T-Mobile ROCKS! I very rarely have problems with the service (except in my house) and the billing is always correct-every month!

[tmobileman]

Originally Posted by AudioPro

Tmobileman,

let me bring up a point about the router and faxes and then another point I hope you can answer....

If the router has two lines and we know that the router is optimized for voice and we know that fax is data...is it not possible to configure one side of the router for data (leaving the other line configured for voice), thereby making the fax machine "see" a happier more data-like signal?

Second issue....
I've got ATT for land line and DSL, bundled together. I absolutely hate them and their rotten customer service and billing practices (I've had the service almost a year and have never had a bill for the amount I was initially quoted). I want to drop their landline and get the @ Home service for the extra $10 added onto my TMobile monthly bill. Will this allow me to also access the TMoblie Hotspots? If so, will I be using from my bucket of minutes? I'm on the 600 minutes personal Value plan, so don't have a lot of minutes to play with each month (unemployed, but looking).

Also, I live "down in the holler" as they say in Tennessee. My coverage is good if I stand in one particular spot outside the house on the deck. Will the @Home wireless router act as an antenna/signal booster for my cellphone, so that if a call comes in I don't have to rush out to the "magic zone" on the deck before I try to connect to the call?

What will having both @Home and Unlimited Hotspot plans get me that just one plan would not? also, I don't have any data plan at all at this time, so if I wanted to surf the web from a new Blackberry 8320 could I do that on one or the other plan without getting charged anything at all?

i've read a ton of your posts and it is great to know that there is a real TMobile CSM on here that is just as much a junkie about cell phones as many others on here are.

T-Mobile ROCKS! I very rarely have problems with the service (except in my house) and the billing is always correct-every month!

Yeah man I feel your pain, let me attempt to answer all of your questions, first thing first the fax thing yes it is possible but you have to have two sim cards in the router to use two lines,

Now down to business, if you sign up for the @home service with the Hiport router you will get a landline phone with either your existing number or a new one for 10.00 per month this is unlimited calling and LD. The Router is the best of both worlds so it does support the unlimited hotspot calling if you have a capable device..i.e.. new Blackberry 8320 (curve) if you don't have one yet call now and renew your contract get the gold one it's 99.99 today the Titanium is 149.99 (more popular) with a 2 yr contract. if you do have the device then yes the router will give you a lot better signal down in the holler.
Now for how you'll be billed if you get the hotspot at home phone, BB Curve, then sign up for the 9.99 unlimited calling then you're not using your plan min while in range of any wifi connection that your phone will pull a signal from. Calls are billed as they originate so if you make a call at home and then get in your vehicle and leave home it will still be unlimited for you until you hang up and register and make your next call while registered on a tower. This only works if you pay the 9.99 addtion to your 39.99 plan for the unlimited hotspot calling. So here is what your acct would look like for billing

39.99 600 wth nights and weekends + 9.99 unlimited hotspot calling, second line 10.00 per month for tmobile @home landline phone.

now for your question about the data, don't sign up for the data until you can afford it (good luck job hunting) while your in range of your router, you can set up your BB Curve on the router and get high speed WiFi access on it and you're not billed for data that way because you're using your network not ours. Good way to save a buck, only downfall of not having the data is that when you're on the go you won't be able to get online unless you can get on an unencrypted WiFi connection somewhere, (and yes they are everywhere). Hope this helps
FYI I am typing this from my dash at home right now while connected the same router so I know it works for data.