The TMO UMA calling is great. I've stuck with Blackberries for this feature as the service is reliable, you get unlimited calling on wifi and it's free international calls. The newer blackberries allow you to log in to pay wifi spots as well as free and I've used it all over the world in some interesting places. You just need to make sure if you are traveling international to shut the GSM phone off otherwise you may switch to GSM and rack up a nice phone bill if you wander out of wifi range. Another thing to keep in mind is that the latency on the internet connection needs to be low otherwise it will not work even if connected to wifi. This means satellite uplinks generally don't work. (I've been in some remote areas using it.)
Wow, how far off base are you? Actually after the subsidization of most handsets, carriers aren't profitable on an average customer until the 10th month. That was why originally most carriers had 1 year contracts. With the customer churn and the costs associated with new customer acquisition it was very hard for carriers to grow financially.
The problem in the US is that the mobile phone industry started offering free or subsidized handsets with service and people became accustomed to it and have a sense of entitlement. What other industry does this? Do you expect a free or subsidized TV from Comcast when you sign up for service? Seriously, people need to get off the entitlement trip and stop the whining. Pay one way or another, either up front for the full cost of the phone or monthly by being bound to a contract.
I recently was at a Houston's restaurant in Atlanta and I ordered a glass of wine with my steak. I'm young, I look young and I always have my ID ready when ordering a drink. They asked for it, I obliged, they started to walk away with it. I got up and grabbed the waiter asking where he was going with my ID. He stated he needed to swipe my ID to verify my age. I told him he could verify my age by reading the birthdate on the license. If he really wanted to verify my age, I presented my passport. He said it was Georgia law that they needed to swipe it (I know this is BS, I spend a couple months out of the year working in Atlanta.) He said they didn't use or store any of the data but really, am I supposed to trust someone who already just lied to me? Do they present a privacy policy for your data? I took my license back, left the uneaten food and proceeded to leave the restaurant. Their manager then proceeded to tell me I wouldn't have the problem if I wasn't trying to use a fake ID.
Dave and Buster's, a pretty popular arcade type place wouldn't serve my friends and I a beer when we presented our passports. I think it was in Irvine, CA. I asked to speak to the Manager and she said the passports don't have as much printed physical characteristics as a Driver's License. Isn't the running joke that a lot of people just make up the weight, height, eye color, etc to make it sound better?
Either way, unless someone got a hold of your SIM card and copied it, I doubt you have been cloned. And generally in cases like that, the usage is much higher or there is more substance other than some calls to and from an unavailable number.
I'm not saying the truth isn't stated here, but I find it very hard to believe two times you have been hung up on unless you have been VERY abusive.
I think the best thing to do here is have someone from T-Mobile investigate the issue for you. Call in again and tell them in a nice, concise way that you are seeing calls you don't believe you have made and would like to see them investigate it. I wouldn't mention cloning as I highly doubt this is the reason you are seeing this.
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The TMO UMA calling is great. I've stuck with Blackberries for this feature as the service is reliable, you get unlimited calling on wifi and it's free international calls. The newer blackberries allow you to log in to pay wifi spots as well as free and I've used it all over the world in some interesting places. You just need to make sure if you are traveling international to shut the GSM phone off otherwise you may switch to GSM and rack up a nice phone bill if you wander out of wifi range. Another thing to keep in mind is that the latency on the internet connection needs to be low otherwise it will not work even if connected to wifi. This means satellite uplinks generally don't work. (I've been in some remote areas using it.)
Wow, how far off base are you? Actually after the subsidization of most handsets, carriers aren't profitable on an average customer until the 10th month. That was why originally most carriers had 1 year contracts. With the customer churn and the costs associated with new customer acquisition it was very hard for carriers to grow financially. The problem in the US is that the mobile phone industry started offering free or subsidized handsets with service and people became accustomed to it and have a sense of entitlement. What other industry does this? Do you expect a free or subsidized TV from Comcast when you sign up for service? Seriously, people need to get off the entitlement trip and stop the whining. Pay one way or another, either up front for the full cost of the phone or monthly by being bound to a contract.
I recently was at a Houston's restaurant in Atlanta and I ordered a glass of wine with my steak. I'm young, I look young and I always have my ID ready when ordering a drink. They asked for it, I obliged, they started to walk away with it. I got up and grabbed the waiter asking where he was going with my ID. He stated he needed to swipe my ID to verify my age. I told him he could verify my age by reading the birthdate on the license. If he really wanted to verify my age, I presented my passport. He said it was Georgia law that they needed to swipe it (I know this is BS, I spend a couple months out of the year working in Atlanta.) He said they didn't use or store any of the data but really, am I supposed to trust someone who already just lied to me? Do they present a privacy policy for your data? I took my license back, left the uneaten food and proceeded to leave the restaurant. Their manager then proceeded to tell me I wouldn't have the problem if I wasn't trying to use a fake ID.
Dave and Buster's, a pretty popular arcade type place wouldn't serve my friends and I a beer when we presented our passports. I think it was in Irvine, CA. I asked to speak to the Manager and she said the passports don't have as much printed physical characteristics as a Driver's License. Isn't the running joke that a lot of people just make up the weight, height, eye color, etc to make it sound better?
Either way, unless someone got a hold of your SIM card and copied it, I doubt you have been cloned. And generally in cases like that, the usage is much higher or there is more substance other than some calls to and from an unavailable number. I'm not saying the truth isn't stated here, but I find it very hard to believe two times you have been hung up on unless you have been VERY abusive. I think the best thing to do here is have someone from T-Mobile investigate the issue for you. Call in again and tell them in a nice, concise way that you are seeing calls you don't believe you have made and would like to see them investigate it. I wouldn't mention cloning as I highly doubt this is the reason you are seeing this.