Verizon Wireless Announces the Hub Home Phone
Epic Fail
$35 a month? No thanks.
The T-Mobile device costs $39.99 plus $9.99 a month.
Verizon is asking you to pay $200 + $35 a month just so you can have an internet connected touchscreen telephone, which is pretty useless considering most people have computers at their homes.
The T-Mobile device costs $39.99 plus $9.99 a month.
Verizon is asking you to pay $200 + $35 a month just so you can have an internet connected touchscreen telephone, which is pretty useless considering most people have computers at their homes.
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Actually right now the 39.99 router is free at most t-mobile locations. So it would just be a one time $35 activation fee, and then 9.99/month.
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Tilly74 said:
Actually right now the 39.99 router is free at most t-mobile locations. So it would just be a one time $35 activation fee, and then 9.99/month.
Yea and it's still not selling (at least in my region).
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I work for T-mobile and actually we sell a decent amount. In my store one rep has, over 6 and everyone there has at least 1... most have 3 this month. We do get few returned but if you educate the customer and set expectations all goes well. We will still have the best price and value though.
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I agree this is an epic fail for 2 reasons.
1. It requires a computer and broadband service. Which in most areas, non special promotions is gonna run you around 50.xx give or take 10.00 or 20.00
2. No power. No phone. I haven't owned a landline since...well I've never owned one but the last time i lived in a house that had one was over 6+ years, and if I remember and don't hold me to this but if your home loses power, in most cases a landline will still work. In this case your home loses power, your modem uses power and you're done. They'll sell some but ultimately most people won't bother.
1. It requires a computer and broadband service. Which in most areas, non special promotions is gonna run you around 50.xx give or take 10.00 or 20.00
2. No power. No phone. I haven't owned a landline since...well I've never owned one but the last time i lived in a house that had one was over 6+ years, and if I remember and don't hold me to this but if your home loses power, in most cases a landline will still work. In this case your home loses power, your modem uses power and you're done. They'll sell some but ultimately most people won't bother.
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Actually T-Mobile's home phone will automatically forward any calls to your cell phone in the event of a power outage, internet failure, or software/hardware failure. So you may not be able to charge your cell phone with the power out, but you wont miss any calls.
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While a simple land line phone does get power from the line, nowadays most people will still lose service in a power outage anyway. The reason is that most people no longer use a simple plugin phone with a wired received. Most have cordless phones, some with multiple handsets off a single base. While the land line still works in a power outage, the radio receiver in the base requires power from an outlet. As a result, no phone in a power outage.
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Which is why I still have one old simple plugin phone in my house.
VOIP is great... except in an emergency or during a natural disaster. Cell phones won't cover you for those, either, because the tower will likely lose power also and because the cell network can't handle the load during an emergency.
At least for the forseeable future, everyone should still keep a land line on a minimum plan and a simple, no-frills, plug-in phone.
I'm sure some day we won't need them, but we're not there yet.
VOIP is great... except in an emergency or during a natural disaster. Cell phones won't cover you for those, either, because the tower will likely lose power also and because the cell network can't handle the load during an emergency.
At least for the forseeable future, everyone should still keep a land line on a minimum plan and a simple, no-frills, plug-in phone.
I'm sure some day we won't need them, but we're not there yet.
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Right, let me spend 250, plus 35.
So I can do something I can already do on my computer for what I pay now.
Heaven forbid you have an emergency, like your kid just swallowed something poisonous, or your spouse just had a heart attack, and you have wait but the shoddy OS that Verizon put in this thing crashed and has to reboot.
No thanks, I'll still to my 5.8ghz Uniden phone I got from Target on Sale.
Or my landline phone that is powered from the phone line. That I know will work regardless of power working to the house.
So I can do something I can already do on my computer for what I pay now.
Heaven forbid you have an emergency, like your kid just swallowed something poisonous, or your spouse just had a heart attack, and you have wait but the shoddy OS that Verizon put in this thing crashed and has to reboot.
No thanks, I'll still to my 5.8ghz Uniden phone I got from Target on Sale.
Or my landline phone that is powered from the phone line. That I know will work regardless of power working to the house.
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