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It’s been many months since you posted your article, but I just happened to come upon it to see what popped up in a Google search about the Sprint Home Phone Connect 2 device. My son & I have also been happy ting customers ourselves since Jan. 2013, the month that your article posted. When I unpacked the Sprint Home Phone Connect 2, I had to attach the antenna, install the battery (PCD HGB-15AAX3, Ni-MH AA1500mAh 3.6V), and connect the 120V power adapter. I plugged the HPC2 into the power outlet and pressed the power button to turn it on.
Sprint charges $150 for the HPC2 and $20/mo for unlimited minutes. Sprint provides a $150 rebate with a 2-year agreement. Ting charges $99 for the HPC2 and $9/mo for 100 minutes or $15/mo for 500 minutes. If you exceed your minutes, you are charged for the next tier of pricing. For example, if you signup for 100 minutes and end up using between 101 and 500 minutes, you are charged for 500 minutes ($15) that month. I think a massive MIMO solution may also play well with mmWave, ie get it on the rebound.
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So I've had to use the toll-free numbers, which costs my company money to dial those instead of using free long distance. Then, more recently, we've got a farm with a small shed not far from where we live. They told me I could get DSL there so I've been fixing up the shed to use as an office.
I can't get high speed internet through Time Warner or CenturyLink at home so the Sprint broadband card and my AT&T wif-fi hotspot are my only options. And as soon as Sprint gives me 4G here and those new Tri-Band hotspots are out I'll be dropping that AT&T hotspot. I setup the Verizon one for a family member of mine and he loves it. It is much louder than his old landline that seemed to go down once a week. With its larger external antenna I had no issue getting the 3 out of 3 bars with it inside his home even though I had a -95dbm signal of roaming VZW signal.
Home Phone Connect & Migrating to TMobile
If you want fax, there is Internet fax, or Vonage if you have a high speed Internet connection. Does anyone know how long the battery will last in a power outage? How is the voice quality compared to a landline? I work from home so I need something that will hold onto calls well. Actually, that's exactly what I'm going to do. I pay for my parents phone connect plan and they've been holding on to the house line for the longest.
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By an upstairs window our mobile broadband card works fine so I would assume the phone modem would work ok. I don't like that it can't handle fax traffic, but I think in the last 5 years I've used the fax maybe 2 times so it's not a showstopper for me. I logged into my account at Ting.com and navigated to the devices page. I clicked the “activate” link next to the HPC2. During activation, the Ting website gave me the option to port my existing phone number to the HPC2 or setup a new phone number in my area code.
I also received an email with my new phone number. The data charge and the lack of Caller ID name are the only surprises I have found. I have read that the SHPC2 does not support fax machines, credit card terminals, or alarm systems. It is not clear if those devices will not work at all or if that just means Sprint/Ting will not provide support if you have trouble with those devices. Those don’t affect me, but may affect some other users.
SPRINT LAND PHONE LINE Connect 2 Model PCDH364SPC INCLUDES BATTERY Works Great
This sleek plug-and-play device lets the user plug their current office or home landline phone into the Sprint Phone Connect 2 terminal and activate it with an easy, over-the-air process. Sprint Phone Connect 2 is compatible with most conventional corded and cordless phones. If your cordless phone supports more than one handset, plugging the main base into the Sprint Phone Connect 2 will activate all the handsets . It also allows both business and consumer users to replace their landline service and maintain the features they are accustomed to from a landline phone provider.
I am evaluating the product for use at residential locations and business locations with a single telephone line. Right, it depends on where they have fiber runs. Not to me, not to my County Commissioner and not to the folks at the NC broadband mapping office.
As a result of the T-Mobile merger with Sprint, T-Mobile is offering Sprint customers to switch handsets over to the T-Mobile Network by switching the SIM card. T-Mobile is actively stripping Sprint's network resources and should give you a better experience using the cellular network on your phone. My mom currently has 3 lines with Sprint, one of them being a Home Phone Connect. After reading of the 3g shut down, I began the process of moving her home phone service to a similar offering from Consumer Cellular.
I do also see firms like T-Mobile using it around sites so the bulk of the 2.5Mhz spectrum is not siphoned off by close-in users. I also see the build-out requirements on some mmWave ultimately pushing them to use it around busy freeway interchanges like they have done in Seattle. Of course physics being as they may, 12/13Mhz may be even better. Not only 3 months free, but also $100 off a smartphone if you buy a PhoneConnect in the same transaction.
I would anticipate about a 10 day wait for them to port a land line number. I know I don't have the best signal at my house, but I have a choice of getting a airave if needed. I might get one just so I have great signal at the house seeing how I plan to get all Sprint phones in about 6 mos. CenturyLink really lost me the last couple years because of two things....
She's traveling to see me, and our goal is to get her other 2 lines converted fully to a TMobile 55+ plan. Unfortunately the Consumer Cellular box is arriving after she's here, but we still want to switch to TMobile. MyRatePlan is your source for cell phones, mobile plans, and deals by giving consumers unique comparison tools to help them make the best decisions. I just got one, but will not be able to use it until Monday, due to taking so long to port a land line number.
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