Are we finally getting Wi-Fi calling from T-mobile??

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Enables every T-Mobile customer and smartphone to call and text over any Wi-Fi connection for seamless coverage where no carrier network reaches ? even at 30,000 feet.

This is the part that scares me though..... this language:

With Wi-Fi Un-leashed, T-Mobile announced that it?s lighting up Wi-Fi calling and texting for every Simple Choice customer on every new smartphone it sells. Now 100% of new smartphones in T-Mobile stores will be Wi-Fi calling and texting capable, and 100% of T-Mobile customers will be able to get a Wi-Fi calling and texting capable smartphone if they don?t already have one. To make it easier for customers to take advantage of these new capabilities, T-Mobile is opening an exclusive enrollment window in JUMP!, the Un-carrier?s revolutionary upgrade program, so customers can immediately upgrade to a new Wi-Fi calling ready smartphone.

 

[GabrielStorm]

T-Mobile has had wi-fi calling for some time.
nothing new.

 

[Jozef jurcisin]

I remember well when they called FREE WIFI Calling!
Nothing new just more crap! From TMO!

 

[Angry_Mushroom]

What language? It's clear we aren't getting crap from em. The 810 is not "new." In fact I doubt they even admits it ever existed. Face it. We own the crazy twin sibling that is locked in the shed, and fed occasional scraps from the app table. The 810's parents (TMO) totally "love" it and "support" it. Here's to hoping they offer better support on the new phones.

 

[Mr Lebowski]

810 is dead to TM, 810 owners won't be getting Wi-Fi calling I don't see where it even suggest that.

And if you want the link you posted to work you have to copy it correctly, not have spaces between the h and the ttp :wink:
BTW T Mobile sent me one of those Personal CellSpot routers as a tester 4 months ago I never even set it up.


T-Mobile unveils expanded WiFi calling capabilities, Personal CellSpot router, partnership with Gogo for in-flight texts | 9to5Mac

 

[Guzzler3]

Nope, the 810 won't get it. If you go read the very, very fine print, it is for new phones only, from that announcement date forward.

 

[metalchick719]

The 810 will never get Wi-Fi calling. The first Windows Phone to get it, if I'm not mistaken, was the 521.

 

[Mr Lebowski]

...and the 925.

 

[Paul Verizzo]

WFC has been a TMO exclusive since 2006.

I've been following this product announcement closely as my home has always been kind of fringy. Over at TMOnews it implies that it's a femtocell, although the word isn't used. But I've read through the announcement and the specs and I see nothing like that. At all. It sounds more like a router optimized for WFC............just as they did back when they introduced WFC, 'scuse me, Hotspot @ Home. Looking at mine as I type.

If it is a femtocell, it has been sorely needed for years as an option for phones w/o WFC. This is no longer rocket science, nor expensive. ATT had a 3G one for quite awhile, still selling well on eBay.

Also, if it is a femtocell, it is not WFC. It is ordinary PCS cellular service brought to your broadband.

Every carrier should be setting these up in as many places as they can. Should have been, all along. Hotels, public businesses in low signal pockets, my house. Cheapest way they can make and keep happy customers. I read where the major carrier in South Africa is throwing up "towers" on traffic light poles in Johannesburg as fast as they can.

 

[Paul Verizzo]

I remember well when they called FREE WIFI Calling!
Nothing new just more crap! From TMO!

IT'S NEVER BEEN FREE! This is a zombie myth, and people like you keep it alive. In the early days of WFC, 2007, you could pay an extra $10/mo for unlimited WFC w/o charge to your base bucket of minutes. This was all before there were any unlimited plans.

 

[Guzzler3]

IT'S NEVER BEEN FREE! This is a zombie myth, and people like you keep it alive. In the early days of WFC, 2007, you could pay an extra $10/mo for unlimited WFC w/o charge to your base bucket of minutes. This was all before there were any unlimited plans.

You are correct!! Wi-Fi Calling (WFC) has always been linked to voice minutes. As you use WFC, your allotted minutes start ticking down (that is, if you have a cap on your voice minutes).

 

[Paul Verizzo]

As I have just discovered now with a 925. I found this thread this AM: http://forums.windowscentral.com/nokia-lumia-925/277163-wifi-texting-lumia-925-a.html Apparently a known issue across the brand for many months. It's really, really hard to believe it hasn't been corrected! It's stuff like this that will turn people off from WP.

I bought a 925 so I would have WFC since TMO did not grace the 810 with it. And then I find out two things, 1) the reception is so much worse on TWO 925's I have that I NEED WFC that never was needed with my 810, and then 2) when I use it, text is essentially turned off.

 

[Mr Lebowski]

Here are all the specific details from TM
T-Mobile Launches Un-carrier 7.0 Un-leashes Wi-Fi Worldwide | T-Mobile Newsroom

AND http://www.t-mobile.com/offer/wifi-calling-wifi-extenders.html?AID=11031750&PID=7293383