Verizon Wireless Announces the Hub Home Phone

i think this is pretty sweet, besides the fact it looks like even this will have the bland & boring vzw UI. but what else is new? $35/month doesn't seem like a bad monthly price either.

$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.

to not even waste their time and resources on this.

Any honest sales reps that work for T-Mobile would tell you that the reason why their aren't many major companies going after this market is.....because their is little to NO MARKET. Each store in the region I work sells maybe 3-4 a month and usually 2-3 of them get returned.
Here's the problem with T-mobile@Home. Most people who have cable or DSL typically don't use or have a home phone. A fraction of the people that do have both high speed Internet and a home phone use it for business, which will usually share the land line with a fax machine. Problem is, getting a fax machine to work with the service either requires you to use an online fax system or spend extra money on equipm...
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OK,

Promoting the Wireless Revolution and not making the device EVDO?

Skype and other VOIP solutions can run with EVDO, why not do away with the wires completely?

I would love if my grandparents got this.. i could send them texts.. Pix i hope gez.. and its unlimited long distance.. seriously Verizon is taking down the all powerful local phone company.. this is the begging of the end...

Many, many household still have landlines.. I however don't.. I depend on my cell.. now, if I had a family and wanted to be in touch with whats going on at home this device is nice.. though I rather get stringing text's to my cell.

The base is meant for a mass home message.. and wifey or "partner" message. Also People who want easy access to simple info.

love if gram got it.. and it supported pix..and vid..

thanks,
Darrell Lucas
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Why is Verizon Wireless going after the home phone market? Because it is there. I understand that most of us do not have home phone service. This service is not targeted towards us. Basically, anyone who believes that home phone service is antiquated should not even be bothered by this product. A good sales person uncovers needs and once it becomes clear that you are not interested in the Hub (the giveaway will be either your condescending smirk or irritated grimace or perhaps the simple "I'm not interested in that.") will move on in the sales process.

There will likely be a question in the sales outline which they use in the store that the representative will toss out there. If you are not interested then they will simply move on...
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I think this would be great to sell to businesses, this could replace our own $60/ month business line at the store.

It seems a little silly for a land-line replacement to not include the ability to add extra handsets throughout the house. Unless it can hook into existing home wiring or allow connection from cordless handsets, it's pretty much just good for small apartments or a home office.

If I glue 2 chumbys to my cordless phone,
how would I not already have this????

One more "smart" device I have to reboot once a week.
Verizon will charge an extra 35 cents to actually enable CALLING PEOPLE on it.
Hmmm nothing more than a glorified
VOIP phone.
Vonage has nothing to fear.... i hope.

I like the looks of it, and I think the features are pretty cool. One more nail in the landline telephone coffin. I wonder how long it will take the the government to realize how much money they are losing in taxes and try to figure out a way to start taxing people's Broadband connections?

LAME !!!!
If this thing did video phone calls, that would be cool. Just dont answer the phone naked.