T-Mobile drops @Home VoIP service

T-Mobile has announced that they will no longer be offering their land-line replacement service @Home which allowed customers to make wireless VoIP calls over their home broadband connection. Users of the service could make calls from their mobile phones by connection to T-Mobile's @Home HiPort wireless router--allowing for unlimited nationwide VoIP calls for $9.99 a month. The technology was hailed as somewhat of a breakthrough becasues it featured a handoff between the GSM wireless network and WiFi to save on calling minutes.

T-Mobile said they were pulling the plug because they are adapting to customer needs. They will continue to provide the service for current users, but will not be offering it to new customers. In an age of all-you-can-eat wireless calling minute plans and cheap international VoIP calling, I can see why a wireless service provider would have a hard time selling home-based nationwide VoIP calls over a user's cell phone for an additional $10 a month and that's probably why they are moving on.

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