Re: And it's only $3500 in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20462395 en Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:27:34 EDT Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:27:34 EDT Re: And it's only $3500 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20465609 patcat88 : And it only take 100 phone calls to max out your upload speed. 1000/9.6 (typical vocoder bandwidth)=104. And 1000 is a high estimate for upload speed. If I put a femotocell in an apartment in a very dense city (NYC for example), and its overlooks a 5x3 block park I guarentee you the femtocell will be maxed out instantaneously. Sprint's femtocell restricts phone numbers, not sure about T-Mobile. And whats the point of a femtocell if you can't have data go over it? Might as well goto a payphone.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20465609 Sun, 11 May 2008 14:17:18 EDT Re: And it's only $3500 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20464474 SD6 :
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I have always wondered if FemtoCells would carry data or just voice signals. It sounds like they will do both.
If the femtocell is backhauled on a customer's own broadband connection that he pays for, the femtocell will only allow onto it that were programmed by the user, if you have caps on your line, or if you dont have fios, you want your DSL or cable modem maxed out by cell traffic, and your not comped by your carrier?
A femtocell basically exactly duplicates the functionality of a cellular base station. The $3500 is for market research report to industry (not for consumer reading). Remember, the femtocell has to receive the cell phone signals AND convert everything exactly so that it can be sent over backhaul to carrier's core network. Once converted, voice requires very little data compared to say, sending a video file. The only practical advantage to femtocell is voice (not data), as others have pointed out, so that you can use your standard cell phone where you want and not depend on the cell phone company having coverage there. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20464474 Sun, 11 May 2008 07:50:48 EDT Re: And it's only $3500 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20464327 patcat88 :
said by MichaelWacey See Profile :

I have always wondered if FemtoCells would carry data or just voice signals. It sounds like they will do both.
If the femtocell is backhauled on a customer's own broadband connection that he pays for, the femtocell will only allow onto it that were programmed by the user, if you have caps on your line, or if you dont have fios, you want your DSL or cable modem maxed out by cell traffic, and your not comped by your carrier?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20464327 Sun, 11 May 2008 05:30:13 EDT Re: And it's only $3500 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20462395 MichaelWacey : As I read it, the price os for a market report for companmies interested in selling into this market.

I have always wondered if FemtoCells would carry data or just voice signals. It sounds like they will do both.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20462395 Sat, 10 May 2008 17:32:30 EDT Re: And it's only $3500 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20461877 NetFixer : As I read the article, the $3,495 price tag is for the documentation to explain how to use a $300 cell phone repeater.

I guess I must be missing some crucial information. I only used the user manual that came with the $300 repeater that I use (it seems to work despite this handicap).
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What a steal!
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