T-Mobile to Test $10-A-Month Landline Service in 2 Markets
On Thursday, T-Mobile will start offering wired phone service for $10 a month, plus taxes and fees, to its wireless subscribers in the Seattle and Dallas-Fort Worth areas.
The service, called Talk Forever Home Phone, will provide unlimited local and domestic long distance calls. It will piggyback on the customer's high-speed Internet connection, in much the same way voice-over-Internet providers like Vonage Holdings Corp. sell phone service.
Customers will need to buy T-Mobile's Internet router for $50 when signing up. The router has two phone jacks where standard corded or cordless home phones can be plugged in. An existing home number can be transferred to the new service.
Subscribers will also need to be signed up for a wireless plan costing at least $39.99 a month.
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