The standalone service offers unlimited nationwide calling, Voicemail, caller ID and call waiting The device is portable so it can be taken with you when traveling. AT&T does not permit its device to be connected to your existing home phone wiring, so it strongly urges customers to buy cordless phones. Customers will keep their current phone number and home phones and will be sent a “Home Base” device that will interface between AT&T’s wireless network and up to two telephones.

Customers start with a $20/month wireless landline phone replacement, powered by AT&T’s wireless network.But AT&T’s wireless replacement is both expensive and usage capped with an allowance that is just a fraction of what AT&T DSL offers: AT&T is petitioning to dismantle its rural and outer suburban wired landline network and transfer customers to wireless service. This week the service became available nationwide and is marketed to customers disconnected (or soon will be if regulators approve) from AT&T’s traditional landline service. Phillip Dampier AT&T, Broadband Speed, Competition, Consumer News, Data Caps, Public Policy & Gov't, Rural Broadband, Video, Wireless Broadband 10 CommentsĪT&T’s solution for rural Americans without access to broadband service arrived this week with the introduction of an $80/month plan bundling a mandatory wireless home landline with a 10GB usage-capped Internet plan.ĪT&T Wireless Home Phone and Internet has undergone market testing in selected northeastern areas (largely outside of AT&T’s landline service territory).

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