John, the answer to your question is a resounding "Maybe" - LOL.
The "New routers" that allow for the Home Phone part, if you want to keep your landline with Verizon, would not be something you would want to purchase - instead you would just purchase the standard HotSpot@Home router like you currently can today, and continue to use your UMA-capable cell phone.
Although it's tough to tell from the specs given above, I would imagine that the new router would still allow for the standard @Home service as well as the new Home Phone service. Otherwise that would force a person to have 2 routers, which seems a bit excessive. Just like with standard UMA @Home service you don't have to have a GSM phone and a UMA phone, it's one phone with both capabilities. But you would need to get a UMA-capable phone instead of an existing GSM-only phone. In a similar way, I would imagine that the Home Phone routers would still allow the standard @Home service along with the Home Phone service, but if you didn't want the Home Phone service you wouldn't have to buy one of the new routers.
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John, the answer to your question is a resounding "Maybe" - LOL.
The "New routers" that allow for the Home Phone part, if you want to keep your landline with Verizon, would not be something you would want to purchase - instead you would just purchase the standard HotSpot@Home router like you currently can today, and continue to use your UMA-capable cell phone.
Although it's tough to tell from the specs given above, I would imagine that the new router would still allow for the standard @Home service as well as the new Home Phone service. Otherwise that would force a person to have 2 routers, which seems a bit excessive. Just like with standard UMA @Home service you don't have to have a GSM phone and a UMA phone, it's one phone with both capabilities. But you would need to get a UMA-capable phone instead of an existing GSM-only phone. In a similar way, I would imagine that the Home Phone routers would still allow the standard @Home service along with the Home Phone service, but if you didn't want the Home Phone service you wouldn't have to buy one of the new routers.