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ck9
join:2004-06-12
Portland, OR | I have a Verizon femtocell... I have Verizon and for some reason I live in a cell phone black hole, constantly dropping calls or worse, not even being able to make calls. But if I walk a block and a half to my brother's house I get perfect reception.
Since my cell sucked I got Vonage so I was the lucky recipient of TWO monthly phone bills.
A week ago I bought a femtocell off Craigslist for under half of what Verizon wants for a new one, got it connected (you have to call Verizon and have them activate it and attach it to your account) and have had no problems with my cell since then. I dropped Vonage and am now down to 1 phone bill each month.
Pros: Have perfect reception, zero dropped calls, great clarity, no longer have to pay Vonage, no monthly access fee (I heard AT&T charges a monthly fee but doesn't use plan minutes)
Cons: No 3G (who cares, I use WiFi at home with my cell anyway), Verizon makes it so it counts as plan minutes (I heard AT&T is unlimited with monthly fee)
If you are like me and paying for a landline/VOIP + cell phone it might be a good investment, especially if you can find one on Craigslist or eBay. Mine will pay for itself in 4 months.
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join:2006-04-15
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1 edit | I was in the same situation. I didn't want two phone bills or two phone numbers. AT&T and Sprint have no usable signal at all inside (-104 dBm or worse) , and Verizon and Alltel worked but were weak enough to be annoying at times.
After having enough of that, I actually paid full price for Verizon's femtocell the day it came out... and it has paid for itself vs. having a separate home phone or decent VoIP package.
The lack of 3G was annoying on my Windows Mobile phone, since it caused some minor battery drain, but now that I have switched to a BlackBerry with true push email, this isn't an issue. | |
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