Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ
 ·PenTeleData
 ·Future Nine Corpor..
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·Vonage
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Re: [Femtocell] The Beginning of the End of Residential VOIP
said by liderbug  :Also forgot to mention. When you go on vacation take the router with you. You check in to a motel with internet - just plug your unit in and start calling .... :-/ That is provided you're vacationing in the USA. If you're outside of the US the femtocells won't work. |
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liderbug
join:2009-03-04
Colorado Springs, CO | reply to liderbug
Also forgot to mention. When you go on vacation take the router with you. You check in to a motel with internet - just plug your unit in and start calling .... :-/ |
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liderbug
join:2009-03-04
Colorado Springs, CO | reply to RockyBB
As I understand "anything" via the femtocell/router is unlimited - no bill/charge. I can say for sure  when I get my first bill. |
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RockyBB
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join:2005-01-31
Longmont, CO
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said by liderbug :Update: ... Will wonders never end ..... congrats! Hey, I'm not too familiar with the T-M line (and I haven't read your older posts) ... if you make a call from your new BB when you're within range of the @Home box, do the minutes count against your T-M plan allowance (like Verizon), or are they free minutes (like Sprint)? |
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liderbug
join:2009-03-04
Colorado Springs, CO
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Update: We were in Sams on Sunday - to "just look" at the various cell phones available with @Home. Turned out they had 2, both BBs. The salesman handed us a BB Curve and said "call home". ..... ah, not without a stylus! !$!@## I never thought you could make a button that small. He said "we're having a special..... [ sigh ]" So we took home a router for $10 and 2 BB Pearl Flips for $60 ea with family plan. (with the trackball). They had temp numbers. Plugged every thing in and ... freek'n magic ... both cells worked. Plugged in my desk phone and ... it worked too. Will wonders never end ..... |
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liderbug
join:2009-03-04
Colorado Springs, CO | reply to RockyBB
Sounds like the voice of experience. Like me - ISP vs DSL - Not OUR problem - go talk to ______. |
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RockyBB
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join:2005-01-31
Longmont, CO
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You'll need to double check with T-M, but I don't think they'll get you the @Home router without a cell phone account. If I'm right, you'll establish the cell phone account first, coincident with the order for the @Home. After your evaluation that everything works, you'll port the cell phone numbers, and the Qwest number. As with all porting timelines, do NOT cancel your phone service with the losing provider -- let the port process move your active phone number. Expect the cell phone numbers to transfer within a few hours, the POTS number will take a few weeks. After the ports complete, then you call the losing carrier to confirm service cancellation. You'll need to make double sure with Qwest that the port out of your phone number will not take down the HSI (fka DSL) service. |
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liderbug
join:2009-03-04
Colorado Springs, CO
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... next fantasy ... LOL 
Cell is VZ and ISP is Qwest. I've checked with Qwest: switching to smallbusiness, with Qwest as both DSL & ISP (there will be NO finger pointing). My plan (har har) is to order, receive, setup TM @home router - configure firewall etc. A couple of days later roll VZ cells(2) to TM - keeping numbers. Once that is working ok then call Qwest and switch from residential (phone $40(inc tax), dsl $54) to SB dsl only $60(inc tax) Oh, and VZ $80. Total (OMG) $175. And rolling pots number to @Home home number (flash shows inserting sim card in back of unit - sweet)
New total: 60+70 = 130 (140??) - I get what I want and for $30 cheaper ???? Prob.not.but........
Film@11 |
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RockyBB
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join:2005-01-31
Longmont, CO
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said by liderbug :Everybody's situation is different - for me, ... + cute redhead Let's get the phones working before moving on to the next fantasy...
You didn't mention your high speed internet provider. If it's cable, everything is easy. If it's DSL, then you'll have to coordinate with the Bell company (assuming Qwest) to release your phone number while converting your HSI (aka DSL) to standalone status.
once your Bell number ports to T-Mobile, be sure to disconnect your inside wiring from the Bell network inside the interface box on the outside of your home PRIOR to connecting the T-Mobile box to any wall jack. |
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liderbug
join:2009-03-04
Colorado Springs, CO
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Apr 14, 2009 - current VZ contract ends. To-wit the reason for my activity on this subject. I consider the TM solution to be .. 95%. From what I can tell TM is the ONLY fem with a RJ11. VZ's fem is $250 up front and no RJ11 (why would we do that when we can sell you VOIP @ $25/mo?).
Everybody's situation is different - for me, TM works the best. 100% would be: me on some beach sans phone
(and boss, and AH co-workers, and bills, and and and and....)
Ko-e-nut mit rum + cute redhead, gentle wind, sand ... ... [ sigh ] |
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RockyBB
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join:2005-01-31
Longmont, CO
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For the casual lurkers here, realize that T-Mobile's Hotspot@Home product is an add-on to their cellular service, not a standalone offer. So be sure to understand any remaining contract commitments you have to your current cellular provider, and also to check traditional coverage maps to ensure that you can use the cell phone where you typically expect to be able to do so. »www.t-mobile.com has a coverage map link on their homepage, bottom left side (at least tonight that's where it is). |
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liderbug
join:2009-03-04
Colorado Springs, CO
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Just got off the phone with T-Mobile. They have a femtocell they call Hotspot@Home and it has a RJ-11 so you can plug in your wireless base unit with your pots number. They have 2 units if I read things right w & w/o a 4 port RJ-45. Looks like it will run me (w/tax) ~$80/month. However I can cut my Qwest bill by ? $30 ? by dropping pots and going DSL only.
[ Actiontec 704 for sale ??? ]
Unless someone can come up with something better... |
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jay_rm
join:2002-04-12
Netville
 ·Fox Valley Internet
·ViaTalk
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said by liderbug :Here is my situation: I live in a treed area just over the hill - Can you hear me now? No! 300 ft up the road, Yes, but not in the house. So, a femtocell looks good and I can loose my POTS - or can I? If you're going to spend money anyway, maybe all you need is a cellular repeater.
»www.wilsoncellular.us/cell-phone···c-3.html
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3500/512 5.7 GHz Motorola Canopy Wireless; FoxValley.net
'It looks just like a Telefunken U47 !' |
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liderbug
join:2009-03-04
Colorado Springs, CO | reply to nitzan
Close - it's an wired black rotary wall phone. And we have a CL in the kitchen, one in the BR, and one down in the FR. Some one said T-Mobile's unit had a RJ-11. |
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dcm
join:2008-09-12
Pennsylvania
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said by RockyBB :hmmm. what animal instinct would make you remember to retrieve the cordless phone before the journey to the garage that would also make you forget to retrieve the cell phone prior to that journey? wouldn't it more likely be the case that your cell and your cordless would be sitting right next to each other, in the wrong room?  Some people have phones in their garage.
I personally have a handset in each bedroom, office, living room, kitchen, and basement. I have to remember to take one into the bathroom.
My cell phone is not an additional appendage, so it's very unlikely that I'd ever give up my "landline" (VoIP in my case). |
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nitzan
Premium,VIP
join:2008-02-27 | reply to RockyBB
Maybe he has a cordless unit in his garage (or close to it)? that's the beauty of multi-handset cordless - you can add a base and handset anywhere. |
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RockyBB
Premium
join:2005-01-31
Longmont, CO
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said by liderbug :The flip side is I lay my cell on the dresser Fri PM and wander out to the garage Sat AM .... screwed! hmmm. what animal instinct would make you remember to retrieve the cordless phone before the journey to the garage that would also make you forget to retrieve the cell phone prior to that journey? wouldn't it more likely be the case that your cell and your cordless would be sitting right next to each other, in the wrong room? I do agree with your premise, nonetheless, that it would be awesome if the next generation of the femtocells had an RJ11 jack and appropriate electronics to share traditional single line phones and house wiring. |
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dcurrey
Premium
join:2004-06-29
·ViaTalk
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Have a similar problem myself do get fair coverage at my house but as far as caring your cell around get a blue tooth gateway. If you cell is in range it connect to it via blue tooth. Then the gateway has rj-11 to hook to your house wiring.
see: »www.amazon.com/Intellitouch-ITC-···00S1W7ES
Also see my original question about the device at »Bluetooth Gateways |
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nitzan
Premium,VIP
join:2008-02-27
·ViaTalk
 ·Comcast
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said by liderbug :Who has a unit that allows connections to a base unit for a cordless phone - they have my business Pretty much any VoIP provider.
Start here: »/gbu |
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liderbug
join:2009-03-04
Colorado Springs, CO
| reply to RockyBB
Here is my situation: I live in a treed area just over the hill - Can you hear me now? No! 300 ft up the road, Yes, but not in the house. So, a femtocell looks good and I can loose my POTS - or can I? If I call Qwest and drop my pots (and have a femto) I have to carry my cell all over the house - 24x7. If the femto unit had a RJ-11 that would connect to the house wiring (or a base unit) life would be good. The flip side is I lay my cell on the dresser Fri PM and wander out to the garage Sat AM .... screwed!
Who has a unit that allows connections to a base unit for a cordless phone - they have my business
Thanks |
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