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| I wonder how long before ISP's start complaining I wonder when ISP's are going to chime in and whine about ATT and others using their 'pipes' to offlload their wireless call traffic for free.
I also wonder what kind of break the cell companies are going give to customers when their call traffic is sent over their internet connection instead of the company's wireless network, which benefits the carrier and not their customer. After all if someone is using a femtocell, it's because they're trying to overcome crappy service they already pay for that isn't performing. Now customers have to pay for a device to make up for the providers shortcoming, and are essentially paying to improve the last mile wireless networks of carriers that they failed to properly deploy themselves.
If you generate your own electricity, the electric company doesn't charge you for using theirs, and even buys your excess power to use elsewhere so they won't have to build new generating plants as quickly. Get it AT&T, Verizon and others??
I think customers should demand a break on their bills if carriers want to use their internet connection to route their calls. If your coverage is crappy at home, the femtocel should be demanded for free. After all, crappy coverage is THEIR problem to fix. Otherwise, stay on their network and constantly call the carrier and demand that they fix their crappy coverage and give you the service you're paying them for. | | |
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| I hope other providers chime in. Sounds like a good time to bring up network neutrality ... 
Maybe it's just me, but this seems an awful lot like double dipping.
Users of at&t's cellular telephone services pay for the ability to make calls, over at&t's cellular telephone network. Now, with this femtocell bru-hah-hah, at&t wants users to pay again to have the option of passing calls over the Internet. I would think after spending 40 bucks on the hardware, at&t would be giving discounts for using it? Much like they do if you participate in paperless billing.
Americans already pay some of the highest mobile phone rates in the world! Almost double what users of advanced networks in Europe pay. What exactly are we paying for? | |
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Michigan City, IN | said by t3ln3t :I hope other providers chime in. Sounds like a good time to bring up network neutrality ... Maybe it's just me, but this seems an awful lot like double dipping. Users of at&t's cellular telephone services pay for the ability to make calls, over at&t's cellular telephone network. Now, with this femtocell bru-hah-hah, at&t wants users to pay again to have the option of passing calls over the Internet. I would think after spending 40 bucks on the hardware, at&t would be giving discounts for using it? Much like they do if you participate in paperless billing. Americans already pay some of the highest mobile phone rates in the world! Almost double what users of advanced networks in Europe pay. What exactly are we paying for? Took the words right out of my mouth.
I could however see paying a little to get the unlimited minutes if you are not already on a unlimited calling plan. But for those who get this fem2cell that use their minutes on their main cellphone plan and still have to pay to use this "service" is pure bullshit in all honesty.
Hell..you are even using your own bandwidth to provide the call.
Its to bad to because there was alot of hype surrounding this fem2cell crap and its a total flop because of the added money you have to pay to use it. | |
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