| No ongoing fees; but it still uses up minutes Since the femtocell won't cost Verizon any cell tower bandwidth and much of the backhaul will be over other's broadband links(like Comcast or TWC), they shouldn't be charging the user for any minutes.
Do I have to pay additional fees to use a Network Extender?
No. There are no additional costs to use the Network Extender. You only need to purchase the unit. All rates and policies associated with your chosen calling plan also apply when connected to the Network Extender.
Which features are not compatible with the Network Extender?
Network Extender does not support Verizon Wireless Mobile Broadband (EVDO) data speeds, the V CAST family of products or Location Based Services (LBS). So basically you will get voice access and maybe low speed data and it won't cost Verizon anything while reducing their costs.
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| said by fAcEtIOUs:So basically you will get voice access and maybe low speed data and it won't cost Verizon anything while reducing their costs. Looks like they dropped the suggested monthly fee for the device. Guess they realized that:
user paying for the phone service (monthly - Verizon)
+ user paying broadband service (monthly - Other)
+ user paying femtocell box fee (one-time - Verizon)
+ user paying femtocell service (monthly - Verizon)
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= user gets ripped off
It would reduce costs for Verizon since their customers would be using less cell-tower bandwidth and moves the cost over to the user. So creating a monthly service fee for the box would not only increase their profit margins from the cell phone service fee, but the femtocell service fee would be almost pure profit (no costs associated).
Wonder if AT&T will realize it...
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 DaveDudeNo Fear
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New Jersey
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There is no benefit to this, If Verizon had a clue, they would offer unlimited calling, even if it cost $10 a month, they would make out like bandits. |
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Chicago, IL | Why on earth would I spend $250 just to reduce the load on their towers. They want money and I'm still burning my minutes with the thing? Thank God I already have MagicJack, which works just fine. If I'm at home, I use it during prime time instead of the cell phone. Just one more reason to hate Verizon. |
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