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Re: $100 said by fAcEtIOUs:said by djrobx:It's not a rip off if you just want your cell phone to work reliably in your house. I'd happily pay $100 for such a device. I barely use up my minutes anyway. If Verizon offered a femtocell service, I'd seriously look at it and then dump my land line altogether. They are going to offer it later this year. Details are here:
Verizon Wireless: Femtocells in 2008
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Created Apr 7 2008 - 6:59am
Verizon Wireless CTO Tony Melone said at the CTIA Wireless 2008 trade show last week that the carrier would begin offering femtocell products and service plans sometime this year. The announcement follows a move by Sprint into the femtocell arena. AT&T also is said to be evaluating a femtocell offering.
What remains to be seen is what Verizon will charge for the femtocell device and the service plan. Sprint charges around $50 for the product and $15 per month for service. Verizon's commitment, broader than Sprint's thus far and the only one by a U.S. telco that has both local wireline and wireless networks, may well bring femtocell deployment to its tipping point in the U.S. market. |
