said by OwlSaver:I would get one and drop my landline if:
- The device were free/included in the price of cell service
- The device supported 3G service
- The minutes used did not subtract from my plan
Since I have Verizon FiOS (Phone, Internet, TV) and Verizon Wireless, Verizon has no incentive to meet my needs listed above. It would only drop their revenue from me.
I could see Verizon putting a FemtoCell in every FiOS house and using the Fibre frequency for Voice for the backhaul. It could greatly expand their coverage area at little cost. They would just add the functionality to the Routers or OTNs.
Most likely you will see Telcos like Verizon implementing femtocells into their router/head unit and using a separate channel to funnel the call through the fiber to a private network (not related to your FIOS account). This will give them access to put a micro cell tower in your house without those pesky FCC oversight issues of network neutrality. Private networks (or separate channels piggy-backing on a network connection but unrelated to the "Internet" connection are exempt from network neutrality and QoS issues of giving one provider's service priority on a network over another's competing service. Comcast already currently does this for phone service (not wireless, though) and will most likely do this for their wireless service in the future.
