umm...shouldn't this thing have WiFi? Most people dont have their routers by that window in their house that gets a bar. And if you get no bars period...you're SOL.
The femtocell functions much like a small cell phone tower inside your house. It makes your phones believe they are talking to a normal tower, but all your calls are redirected through your home internet connection. The advantage of course is that you get signal in places you've never had it before (or increase your already weak signal). On the downside, depending on the cost of monthly service, it might not be worth the extra hardware and rental charge for many people. I hope ATT doesn't make this another death-star like launch, where the consumer gets the short end of the stick.
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Brian @ Jun 25th 2009 12:57PM
umm...shouldn't this thing have WiFi? Most people dont have their routers by that window in their house that gets a bar. And if you get no bars period...you're SOL.
braz71 @ Jun 25th 2009 2:42PM
It has nothing to do with cell towers or cell signals. This GIVES you bars from your home internet connection, same way Vonage does.
niftydl @ Jun 25th 2009 3:03PM
The femtocell functions much like a small cell phone tower inside your house. It makes your phones believe they are talking to a normal tower, but all your calls are redirected through your home internet connection. The advantage of course is that you get signal in places you've never had it before (or increase your already weak signal). On the downside, depending on the cost of monthly service, it might not be worth the extra hardware and rental charge for many people. I hope ATT doesn't make this another death-star like launch, where the consumer gets the short end of the stick.