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connection; only those with BT Broadband connections were eligible for the service. Voice over IP protocols were used to transmit the call, but this was intended to remain largely unnoticed from the user's point of view. In particular, the charges for calls made over the "home" part of a BT Fusion
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The premise of the service was that it could reduce mobile phone costs by not using the mobile network when the user is at home. The same phone was used (a modified version of the
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Some commentators criticised the service as expensive and a "solution in search of a problem". In particular, they pointed to free or cheaper-than-landline IP phone systems like
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From the base station, at-home calls were connected to the phone network using an
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until 1 April 2009 when it was withdrawn. It "fused" together
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system were essentially the same as landline call charges.
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service. The BT Fusion service was compatible with the
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