T-Mobile Expanding Hotspot@Home Service to Home Phone
August 9, 2007 9:23 AM | T-Mobile | Comments (0)
| It seems Linksys (owned by Cisco Systems) and T-Mobile are planning on expanding the T-Mobile Hotspot@Home service from cellphone to multiple home phone lines. This is according to the FCC website which gave information about the new wireless broadband router. This new Hotspot@Home unit includes 2 SIM slots and 2 phone jacks in addition the previous ethernet jacks and 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi. It appears that the two SIM cards will provide separate telephone numbers for the two phone jacks, one of which can be hooked to a regular phone, while the other is more flexible and can be connected fax machines and other wireline devices as well as phones. Last June T-Mobile rolled out the HotSpot@Home nationwide. HotSpot@Home is a service that T-Mobile hopes will eliminate landline telephones at home. The service allows subscribers to make mobile calls via the cellphone network or a Wi-Fi network, easily switching from one to the other without breaking off the connection. By allowing phones to use both networks, T-Mobile hopes to provide better coverage within buildings, which can be a problem. In addition, there would be no extra charge with certain voice plans for calls initiated via Wi-Fi. |  |
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