KA3SGM
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join:2006-01-17
West Chester, PA
clubs:
 ·Cricket Broadband
 ·Verizon FIOS
| reply to RadioDoc
Re: Ready for it today.
said by RadioDoc  :Unfortunately, this uses your home broadband connection so it's rather useless as a backup. What if my home broadband connection is via Verizon Fios??
If I keep the Fios ONT and router connected to a UPS, maybe their excellent Fiber Optic Internet service can make up for their lousy cellular coverage.
They should be paying me to sign up for that service, it would cut down on my calls to VZW tech support.
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ropeguru
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join:2001-01-25
Bridgeport, WV
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 ·VOIPo
| said by KA3SGM :They should be paying me to sign up for that service, it would cut down on my calls to VZW tech support. They should be paying us anyway to use the service. Espicially since it will take a load off THEIR cell towers AND we are paying for the electricity to run in and the broadband connection for the data to traverse. |
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RadioDoc
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join:2000-05-11
 ·AT&T Midwest
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It is supposed to work with any broadband connection. That's an interesting idea though...but you'd still have to have a VZ cell plan in addition to whatever they'll charge for the privilege of not using their cellular network while at home.
T-Mobile is doing theirs a little differently where the phone itself switches modes to WiFi. This is basically a base station for your normal cell phone connected to broadband by Ethernet, mimicking a real cell site. I wonder what happens when a bunch of these are in close proximity like a high-density MDU scenario...
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jgkolt
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Lakewood, OH
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| the highest density i have seen is 2 of these phones on my wireless router. works fine. ha
The benefit of wifi is you could be in Europe and call locally as if you were in the states. Not that I do that but an advantage.
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RadioDoc
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join:2000-05-11 | That would be the T-Mobile type. This is different and each would have a 'base station' of sorts in the form of a femtocell. They aren't WiFi.
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
| reply to ropeguru
Only phones whose numbers are in it can use it. There is a limit to how many numbers you can put in it, the max is 5 usually but it can be less. Other customers would be pissed if their call drops or they suddenly get insane latency because their phone switched to your overloaded (5,10,30 users, or more) femtocell which is fighting for upload traffic/upload speed from a "no limits set in the app" p2p program running on your broadband connection. If it was meant to provide service to everyone, Verizon Wireless would put it on a dedicated T1 or a couple bonded T1s (you dont get to piggy back onto them, they don't have TCPIP traffic going over them (except as encrypted/spread spectrumed EVDO traffic from other users)) that they pay for. |
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