Does it switch back to wifi from gsm tower? If so, I would hope they count total gsm seconds for the call to determine how many minutes get deducted from the wireless plan. Otherwise, somebody could get clipped a full minute for every time he leaned out the window to yell at the kids.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Actually TMobile offers best of both worlds: >If you only concern is poor coverage, you pay no additional money, but >your phone calls are transported via wifi. > >If you want free calling via wifi, you pay $10 for a single line, $20 >for a family plan. > >Eric Chamberlain wrote: > > >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-users- >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason Parker >>>Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 11:49 AM >>>To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion >>>Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] OT: Samsung Sprint CDMAoIP >>> >>> >>>If you're referring to T-Mobile's "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" service, it's actually >>>$20 >>>per month, per line on the account (unless it's changed very recently). >>> >>>As far as how it works on T-Mobile, I recently had some questions answered >>>by >>>them about that.. They use UMA over wifi, and it does automatic switching >>>between the wifi and the gsm towers (ie; your call stays up). >>> >>>Quote from the tech I talked to: >>>"[EMAIL PROTECTED] does not use a VoIP protocol, as the voice data is >>>transferred from the Internet directly to our UMA Gateway and then >>>through our regular Mobile Switching Centers." >>> >>>Pretty interesting stuff. >>> >>> >>> >>Interesting from a marketing and sales perspective that one can get people to >>buy a box, pay for the bandwidth used by the box, and then pay an extra >>$20/month per phone, all for coverage problems the carrier should address. >> >>But then again these carriers have managed to convince people to pay close to >>a thousand dollars per megabyte for SMS messages. >> >>-- >>Eric Chamberlain, CISSP >>Chief Technical Officer >>Voxilla - http://voxilla.com/ >> >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >> >>Sign up now for AstriCon 2007! September 25-28th. http://www.astricon.net/ >> >>--Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- >> >>asterisk-users mailing list >>To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >> >> > >_______________________________________________ > >Sign up now for AstriCon 2007! September 25-28th. http://www.astricon.net/ > >--Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > >asterisk-users mailing list >To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > _______________________________________________ Sign up now for AstriCon 2007! September 25-28th. http://www.astricon.net/ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users