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Why do I have a phone number
I have a phone number assoc with the T-Mobile 5G Home Internet.
If it is a viable phone for use with the account, how then is a persona supposed to use it?
I have never been a T-Mobile cellular customer, so I’ve no T-Mobile cell numbers in the past.
How do I utilize the number? E.g. is there a portal like Google Voice, or some sort of VOIP interface?
Or is the number to be used solely for identification purposes?
Since it's 5G data you need a phone number to provision the data like a Hot Spot.
https://www.t-mobile.com/support/plans-features/t-life
Is for billing purposes, plus you can use that number to sign into your T-Life app.
What is T-Life?
Is T-Life an app that lets me make phone calls, or somehow utilize that number beyond the purpose of a unique identifier?
To rephrase, “How is the phone number meant to be utilized?”
If T-Mobile require a unique identifier “for billing purposes” as you suggest, why then wouldn’t T-Mobile create a new unique ID specifically for billing purposes-- having no relationship to the arbitrary notion of a phone number (e.g. 10 digits; however one may perceive a “phone number”)?
My service is not a phone service.
I see no purpose of having an account with a phone number, which this product is not a phone as to suggest a phone-number would be required for the operational use of a mobile cellular hotspot.
if I have no means of using the designated phone number to place phone calls or send SMS data, it seems more as a means of advertising and strategic product placement.
Since it's 5G data you need a phone number to provision the data like a Hot Spot.
https://www.t-mobile.com/support/plans-features/t-life
