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Re: If its not Free, I'm not going to have it. Once that call hits your isp infrastructure its routed to the nearest AT&T POP and off and running. No different at that point than a Vonage call. Does Vonage have backhaul?
I can see it now you get home from work and start making calls over the femtocell but go over your minutes for the month and they start to bill you the overage at say 50 cents a minute for calls.
For a carrier that won't allow free voip apps to be used on the Iphone they are quick to use someone else's infrastructure for their purposes. This is a good example to use for Network Neutrality on cell networks.
Perhaps ISP's should begin blocking Femtocell transmissions.
said by swintec  You don't think there is backhaul on the other end of the femtocell? Calls still have to be terminated. Switches are still used. Femtocell equipment still has to be maintained. In at least Sprints case, a separate tech support department had to be created and now paid on a regular basis.
Not one carrier has been pushing these as an all out replacement for anyone and everyone. Most don't even mention them unless you mention signal issues at your home.
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