Something doesn't seem right here.

I'm paying Verizon DSL for wireless internet access. T-mobile is charging me for unlimited local phone service, but they are sending the calls thru my Verizon DSL line.

Now I've gotten a second hand Blackberry 7290 and I'm told by T-mobile that I will need to pay an additional 19.99/mo to surf the internet at home.

What am I being charged for? It seems like I should be charged once for data and not at all for voice, since the call is being sent VoIP.

Wirelessly posted (All the cool kids are doing it)

The 7290 doesn't have wifi so you can't make calls over VoIP. And you'll still need a Isp for your VoIP service...it isn't free even though you are using the internet through Verizon

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Huh? Your 7290 does not have WiFi capability.

I guess I'm out of luck with the 7290, but still, I have a landline phone connected to a T-mobile wireless router, and it is sending calls thru my Verizon DSL modem. I also have a Samsung Hot Spot phone that T-mobile gave me, and I was able to connect wirelessly to my Verizon Broadband DSL Modem and make a phone call BEFORE I signed up for T-mobile at home.

How can T-mobile charge me if the call is being sent over someone elses (Verizon's) network.

And would verizon charge me for local phone service AND internet over the same line when T-mobile seems to be able to send phone calls over that same line for free.

T-Mobile is charging you for the ability to make the call..not the actual traffic of the call. Just because you are using someone else's network doesn't mean that they can't charge you for it. You still are using their network that is in place for the VoIP service.

Your landline is probably connected directly with a cord into the T-Mobile wireless router correct? That act's as a modem through your DSL line. The Samsung hotspot phone has wifi on it to connect to the wireless router, you could use a BB 8320 that has wifi to connect to the router and be able to make calls that way. You may have been able to do it before you signed up but it probably wouldn't have been forever, T-Mobile would have caught on. They always do.

Verizon should only charge you for local and internet if you have that setup through them, if you have just the internet then they won't charge you for the voice, but you have to only have that setup on their end, if you have voice/internet already and stop using voice they won't know unless you cancel that on their system