MichaelWacey
OwlSaver
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join:2005-01-30
Berwyn, PA
 ·Verizon FIOS
 ·Comcast
| What I would like to see
I would like to be able to use the same handset on the road, in my home and at my office. This way, I would truly have one phone book. Right now, I have a directory in my home cordless system, a phone book in my work phone, and a phone book in my cell phone. If WiMAX or Femtocell can provide this, I do not care, I just want it now.
A part of this would be that my cell phone handset would respond to calls to my home number, calls to my work number, and calls to my cell number. In addition, all members of my family would share the same home number.
Lastly, the quality must be the same as a land line when at home or at the office. Mobile quality is OK for on the road. |
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youngmoore
join:2001-03-16
Marietta, GA
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
| Man you couldn't be more right. I have been begging Sprint to send me one of their "airwaves" or wt ever its called. I have a mountain home that I'm at more that in the city. Problem is
I roam on VZ and the call clarity from VZ's 800mhz -> sprints 1900 is well bad. Doesn't take a genius to get that if I get one of their Airwaves then I'm no longer roaming and I will be much happier.
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NOCMan
Verizon Fios User
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join:2004-09-30
Flower Mound, TX
| said by youngmoore  :Man you couldn't be more right. I have been begging Sprint to send me one of their "airwaves" or wt ever its called. I have a mountain home that I'm at more that in the city. Problem is I roam on VZ and the call clarity from VZ's 800mhz -> sprints 1900 is well bad. Doesn't take a genius to get that if I get one of their Airwaves then I'm no longer roaming and I will be much happier. ym That call quality drops when you hit 1900mhz pcs bands is not Sprints fault. 800mhz penetrates foliage and buildings better and that is the big deal with the 700mhz auction. Even better penetration when it comes to obsticles. |
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youngmoore
join:2001-03-16
Marietta, GA
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
| I think you misunderstood me or I didn't explain it correctly.
If I'm roaming on VZ "800" the call clarity is horrible! compared to sprints 1900. I'm sure most couldn't tell the difference but I can. BTW there's no Sprint towers with in a
15 miles radius from where I am up here. We have even offered sprint to put a tower on our land which they turned us down.
Our land is prime since we live in the mountains and the coverage they could get at the top of one of the mountains would be crazy but what are you going to do "shrug".
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Matt
Gone playing Dragon Age Origins
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join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC | reply to MichaelWacey
I always thought this looked neat.
»www.home-electronics.net/ge/pc/v···roduct=3 |
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stufried
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join:2003-10-13 | reply to youngmoore
The problem with Sprint's femtocell is that it uses GPS to make sure that you are in an area where Sprint has a license. That summer home that is in someone else's territory is probably excluded. |
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youngmoore
join:2001-03-16
Marietta, GA | humm interesting, wasn't what they told me. They said that the GPS was for 911 calling to provide location since its actually a Voip call. If it ever comes out guess we shall see
you may be correct.
ym |
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MichaelWacey
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join:2005-01-30
Berwyn, PA
·Verizon FIOS
·Comcast
| reply to Matt
That is nice, but not what I am looking for. I want to be able to use my cell handset to make calls on my landline. That device lets me use my cordless handset to make a call using my cellular phone service.
That does not work for me since my landline quality is so much better than my cellular quality at home. |
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tc1uscg
join:2005-03-09
Saint Clair Shores, MI
| reply to Matt
The problem with that product is, it will still use land line and your cell. You can't plug it into your "wired" home and get ALL your phones to ring at the same time. I've just started looking into such products and am considering DOC-N-Talk. It works like the VoIP boxes. Just plug it into your d-marc (I use a 66 block myself) and it will ring ALL your phones connected to that block. No need to buy proprietary phones like the GE or AT&T phones.
I would keep opening network tickets on your problem and complain about dropped calls (don't forget to pop out your battery while talking to get this affect). The worst that can happen is they will wave your term fee so you can go to VZW instead, since you implied they have coverage in your area.  |
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ReVeLaTeD
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join:2001-11-10
San Diego, CA | reply to MichaelWacey
Sounds like you need Hotspot@Home, from T-mo, coupled with a good VoIP service. Basically the same thing. |
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