Comments on: T-Mobile's HotSpot@Home lets you makes calls via WiFi

T-Mobile's HotSpot@Home lets you makes calls via WiFi

[the-big-picture]

You still need broadband Internet access!

As sexy as all these new services are, it's so easy to forget that we still need that high-speed internet connection!

The way I look at it with the DSL+POTS that I subscribe to today, why not? POTS is proven and reliable, there's no possibility for voice breakup, and 911 dispatchers know precisely where I'm calling from. Panasonic cordless phones are rock solid, crystal clear, and have fantastic battery life.

Is it sexy? No--it's all very old. But it works very well and it's very cheap bundled with broadband. Some phone companies still don't even offer DSL without POTS, and the cable modem alternative is just as expensive without POTS.

Now if I were a university student, living in a dorm with campus Ethernet, that is a completly different story! I'd be all over this T-Mobile thing.

[kadebaird]

battery problem?

Is this going to have the same drain on the battery that surfing on a wi-fi connection typically has on a phone? That could be a serious issue inhibiting adoption.

[bknowledge]

One question?

Now this will be a good option to lower your cell costs if you are near several Wi-Fi hotspot i.e a major city. But why would I continually pay you 10 bucks to make calls over wifi on networks you don't control or pay for.

[snidely9447]

Nokia 6086 doesn't work w. BTooth headset

Like others have found, the 6086 doesn't work w. a BT headset when in wifi mode with out lots of noise and static. The Samsung T409 works perfectly. We kept the 6086 in the hopes that T-M and Nokia will come out w. a fix. It has voice dialing and quad band, which the Samsung doesn't.