ck9
join:2004-06-12
Portland, OR | I have a femtocell I have a Verizon femtocell at home. I agree that it would be a better value if it didn't eat your minutes. However, since my cell coverage at home was crap, I had Vonage for about 2 years. Now that I bought a femtocell off Craigslist I canceled Vonage and save $30/month. Since I only paid $120 for the femtocell it paid for itself in 4 months.
I have wifi at home so I don't really care about the crappy data speed. So although it eats my minutes I will take the trade off of cutting my bills by $30/month. |
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 tiger72SexaT duorPPremium
join:2001-03-28
Saint Louis, MO
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| said by ck9:I have a Verizon femtocell at home. I agree that it would be a better value if it didn't eat your minutes. However, since my cell coverage at home was crap, I had Vonage for about 2 years. Now that I bought a femtocell off Craigslist I canceled Vonage and save $30/month. Since I only paid $120 for the femtocell it paid for itself in 4 months. I have wifi at home so I don't really care about the crappy data speed. So although it eats my minutes I will take the trade off of cutting my bills by $30/month. Don't forget to take into account that when you used Vonage, it didn't count against your VZW minutes. Now those calls are using your minutes. For some people, that might bump them up to a higher rate plan, which diminishes the possible savings.
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ck9
join:2004-06-12
Portland, OR | said by tiger72:said by ck9:I have a Verizon femtocell at home. I agree that it would be a better value if it didn't eat your minutes. However, since my cell coverage at home was crap, I had Vonage for about 2 years. Now that I bought a femtocell off Craigslist I canceled Vonage and save $30/month. Since I only paid $120 for the femtocell it paid for itself in 4 months. I have wifi at home so I don't really care about the crappy data speed. So although it eats my minutes I will take the trade off of cutting my bills by $30/month. Don't forget to take into account that when you used Vonage, it didn't count against your VZW minutes. Now those calls are using your minutes. For some people, that might bump them up to a higher rate plan, which diminishes the possible savings. Very true. However, I did take that into account before ditching Vonage. I have been monitoring my minutes closely for the past 4 months and have not found it necessary to upgrade my cell plan. If I did I believe it would be $20 more so I'd be saving only $10/month. Most of my calls are to/from Verizon cell phones which is probably why I don't go over my plan minutes. |
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