spe1996
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Chagrin Falls, OH
|  Missing the point
So maybe I am missing the point, once I spend $100 on the Femtocell for my home am I still charged by AT&T for the minutes I use when I talk or the data used while connected thru the Femtocell? If so what the point if I get acceptable reception in my home |
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sirwoogie
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1 edit | Typically, the carrier would offer a plan where for a small fee (in addition to the cost of the unit) you would get unlimited minutes if you are attached to the femtocell.
For example, Sprint charges $15/mo on individual account for this type of service. In my opinion, it should be $5 or less. But that would cannibalize their profits. |
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bobjohnson
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| reply to spe1996
said by spe1996  :So maybe I am missing the point, once I spend $100 on the Femtocell for my home am I still charged by AT&T for the minutes I use when I talk or the data used while connected thru the Femtocell? If so what the point if I get acceptable reception in my home I know t-mo has a $9.99 add-on for their UMA service but i'm sure att will rape their customers as usual |
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Cabal
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Boston, MA
| reply to spe1996
said by spe1996 :So maybe I am missing the point, once I spend $100 on the Femtocell for my home am I still charged by AT&T for the minutes I use when I talk or the data used while connected thru the Femtocell? If so what the point if I get acceptable reception in my home If you get 5 bars of reception in your home, you aren't gaining much. If you get 0 bars of reception in your home and a usable number of bars outside your home, there's a very big point to it. I can't speak on potential cost discounts, as they haven't been determined yet.
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mikes60
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| reply to spe1996
said by spe1996 :So maybe I am missing the point, once I spend $100 on the Femtocell for my home am I still charged by AT&T for the minutes I use when I talk or the data used while connected thru the Femtocell? If so what the point if I get acceptable reception in my home There is no point in getting a Femtocell if you you don't have reception problems. I can't imagine that they would not charge the time and data used on the Femtocell against your plan.
They would be making a $100.00 one time sale against all the income from your cell plan. Plus, they would probably lose even more land lines to cell phone users who would now get good enough reception to drop the land line.
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emptywig
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Pasadena, TX | reply to Cabal
If that's the case, though, why wouldn't I just put a repeater in my attic for a one-time cost?
There is no way I would pay an additional monthly fee for this.
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en102
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| reply to sirwoogie
It would truly allow you to ditch your landline, if that were the case.
I don't think AT&T 'really' wants to cannibalize their VoIP and POTS service (yet) for a $5 add on to cell service.
I know that I would ditch VoIP and/or POTS for $5/month to have unlimited on my cell.
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Old_Grouch
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said by mikes60 :They would be making a $100.00 one time sale against all the income from your cell plan. Plus, they would probably lose even more land lines to cell phone users who would now get good enough reception to drop the land line. Hmmm, and every customer who drops their land line in favor of cell has moved from State and Federal to Federal-only regulatory oversight.
Naaa, at&t would never want that to happen. Lose a major PITA regulatory problem? Naaa. 
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djrobx
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| reply to emptywig
That's why I'm hoping we can just pay the one-time $100 for the femto device and use it simply as a repeater. I am NOT interested in paying extra monthly fees, even if the calls through it are unlimited, although that would be great if they also offered that as an option. (In other words, I see the appeal, it's just not for me).
Repeaters are generally more than $100, and going up in the attic to mount one is a lot more complicated than plugging a device into my ethernet. I would think going via my broadband would be more reliable too.
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