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Old Apr 21, 2008, 8:48 am
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ScottC
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Originally Posted by worldwidedreamer
T-mobile prevents you from using HotSpot@Home phones outside of the United States. Unless you have a US-based proxy (and then the quality will probably be too low) you are SOL. I've tried to use HotSpot@Home in Japan, HK, China, etc. with no luck. To me this is the biggest downside to the HotSpot@Home program.
That really is pathetic. There is no technical reason for them to block voip calls from outside the US, other than protecting their revenue for international roaming.
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