ronus
join:2003-02-09
Dallas, GA | Something for nothing I'm not sure why people wail and gnash teeth over paying for minutes while using the femtocell. Do you not understand that this is a VOIP device that connects to your carriers servers? Why do you think you should get cell phone service over these for free?
I had a weak signal at my home with Verizon for years, but I was usually not disconnected. I had 0 to 1 bars at times. When I made a call on the phone I was charged for the minutes (of course). Now I have Verizons Network Extender (femtocell) and I get an excellent signal and call quality. I don't mind paying for minutes that I would have been charged for anyway! Even though you are making a call through YOUR internet connection, the call is still completed on the other end by your carriers VOIP servers. I have my "Network Extender" set up to give priority to certain phones. The neighbors CAN'T connect to my internet connection as long as they can get any signal at all from the cell towers. That is specifically stated on Verizons web site. |
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 aaronwtPremium
join:2004-11-07
Woodbridge, VA
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| said by ronus:I'm not sure why people wail and gnash teeth over paying for minutes while using the femtocell. Do you not understand that this is a VOIP device that connects to your carriers servers? Why do you think you should get cell phone service over these for free? I had a weak signal at my home with Verizon for years, but I was usually not disconnected. I had 0 to 1 bars at times. When I made a call on the phone I was charged for the minutes (of course). Now I have Verizons Network Extender (femtocell) and I get an excellent signal and call quality. I don't mind paying for minutes that I would have been charged for anyway! Even though you are making a call through YOUR internet connection, the call is still completed on the other end by your carriers VOIP servers. I have my "Network Extender" set up to give priority to certain phones. The neighbors CAN'T connect to my internet connection as long as they can get any signal at all from the cell towers. That is specifically stated on Verizons web site. It doesn't work that way here. Even with a signal from the cell tower here, my neighbor will connect to the Femtocel if they are within 15 feet and the signal is stronger than what they get from the tower. Which does happen with my neighbors above me that are on Verizon. But what do I care, even though I dropped down from the 50/20 tier to the slow 25/15 tier on FIOS, the bandwidth the Femtocell uses in small, and Verizon doesn't have any bandwidth caps. So my neighbors can use the Femtocell all they want. I have no complaints. The fact that I get full signal strength and can make calls without any problems is certainly worth it. |
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said by ronus:I'm not sure why people wail and gnash teeth over paying for minutes while using the femtocell. Do you not understand that this is a VOIP device that connects to your carriers servers? Why do you think you should get cell phone service over these for free? I had a weak signal at my home with Verizon for years, but I was usually not disconnected. I had 0 to 1 bars at times. When I made a call on the phone I was charged for the minutes (of course). Now I have Verizons Network Extender (femtocell) and I get an excellent signal and call quality. I don't mind paying for minutes that I would have been charged for anyway! Even though you are making a call through YOUR internet connection, the call is still completed on the other end by your carriers VOIP servers. I have my "Network Extender" set up to give priority to certain phones. The neighbors CAN'T connect to my internet connection as long as they can get any signal at all from the cell towers. That is specifically stated on Verizons web site. If you have to pay them monthly on top of your normal cell phone bill, then what's the point? |
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| The $9.99 at T-Mobile is for unlimited UMA wi-fi calls. You can just let your wi-fi time come out of your monthly call time, if you prefer. Your usual plan rules, including fav 5, nights/weekends, M2M, etc would still apply, is how I understand it.
I bought a used UMA phone on ebay to try it out. Since I get good coverage at home, I don't use it. Mainly, I'm hoping it will be cool when I next travel overseas, because TMO wisely doesn't care where in the world you are connecting to the wi-fi from. |
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