T-Mobile has started testing HotSpot@Home UMA service for in Seattle. Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA), uses WiFi and Voice Over IP (VoIP) to provide cheaper calls when in the area of a compatible WiFi hotspot. Besides cost savings, this technology should appeal to people that have poor cell coverage at home.If you have a Wi-Fi-enabled device, such as a laptop, the iPAQ h6315 Pocket PC, the T-Mobile MDA or SDA handheld, or the SonyEricsson GC89 PC Card, all you need is a HotSpot account and you’re screaming down the information superhighway all at speeds up to 1.5 Mbps. It’s simply the fastest wireless Internet access available. No waiting required. 

T-Mobile has started testing HotSpot@Home UMA service for in Seattle. Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA), uses WiFi and Voice Over IP (VoIP) to provide cheaper calls when in the area of a compatible WiFi hotspot. Besides cost savings, this technology should appeal to people that have poor cell coverage at home.If you have a Wi-Fi-enabled device, such as a laptop, the iPAQ h6315 Pocket PC, the T-Mobile MDA or SDA handheld, or the SonyEricsson GC89 PC Card, all you need is a HotSpot account and you’re screaming down the information superhighway all at speeds up to 1.5 Mbps. It’s simply the fastest wireless Internet access available. No waiting required.

With T-Mobile HotSpot service, you get:

• Unlimited wireless broadband Internet access at any T-Mobile HotSpot in the US.
• The largest carrier-class Wi-Fi network in America. Choose from over 7,000 HotSpots, including many Starbucks coffeehouses, Borders Books & Music stores, FedEx Kinko’s, Hyatt Hotels, Red Roof Inns, airports, and the airline clubs of American®, Delta, United®, and US Airways®.
• The T-Mobile Connection Manager allows you to detect and log on to the nearest available T-Mobile HotSpot or private local-area wireless network.
• All T-Mobile HotSpots have deployed the 802.1X security protocol and use SSL data encryption ensuring that your confidential information remains just that.
• Freedom to access e-mail, use mobile applications, watch a Web cast, or just surf the Web – all in the comfort of the places you already go.