 SeleniaI love DebianPremium
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Lanesboro, MA
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Re: Ripoff... said by lvas:extend their network for your own use (you add authoriziezed users). so ya you get to use your bandwidth for your calls. don't want it - don't get it. besides - its free if you have wireless, landline and internet - which by the way you should have all 3 or its of no use to you to get it anyway. duh duh. What if you live in an area well covered by ATT cell service but not most other providers? However, the kicker is that your landline exchange is primarily served by Verizon, yet Verizon's signal sucks in many spots(like most providers here) unless you have a mobile antenna. However, you can't carry that mobile antenna everywhere. Staying near it is not practical for everyone.
However $20/month is ridiculous. I would like free minutes but would probably still buy in without it. I wouldn't mind buying the femtocell either. I see it as an excellent alternative to buying a repeater or other booster device that costs more and probably gives less bandwidth. But $20/month for what? ATT's crack habit? I won't be buying in. That would be helping AT&T and having them charge you for it, on top of getting the equipment yourself. The signal inside my house is good enough for good voice service. Better data service would have been nice, but I think I'll just trade my non-capable phone up for a wifi-enabled one with WinMO and install Skype. Wait, I already have wifi! Goodbye $150 equipment too =) |
