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T-Mobile Announces WiFi Meshing Cellphone
tregetour writes with a link to a New York Times article penned by David Pogue about a quiet announcement last week by T-Mobile. It has nothing to do with the iPhone, but it could still be a welcome revolution for users plagued by high cellphone bills. "Here's the basic idea. If you're willing to pay $10 a month on top of a regular T-Mobile voice plan, you get a special cellphone. When you're out and about, it works like any other phone; calls eat up your monthly minutes as usual. But when it's in a Wi-Fi wireless Internet hot spot, this phone offers a huge bargain: all your calls are free. You use it and dial it the same as always — you still get call hold, caller ID, three-way calling and all the other features — but now your voice is carried by the Internet rather than the cellular airwaves." He goes on to explain further benefits of the system, and describes the wireless routers that the company will be pushing with the service. The only thing missing: an estimate of when it will hit stores.
as it still will require a fucking two year contract whether you get a fucking free phone or not. Once they have you they still will give you shitty service like every other American cell phone service den^h^h^h^h provider. What do I mean by shitty service? Dropped calls even when there is full signal strength. It will act as if the signal will go from full to none. When you confront them about it they will tell you to fuck off, we don't have to give you service anymore but you must continue to be our slave. All of the fucktarded CEOs of the fucktarded phone cell phone providers can all go comitt suicide for all I fucking care.