Mr Matt
join:2008-01-29
Eustis, FL
 ·Comcast
 ·Embarq
|  Charging a fee for what should be free.
 I guess the wireless carriers have come up with another alacart special to squeeze some more money out of their subscribers. I observed in one commentary that a wireless carrier wanted an extra $15.00 per month, plus requiring that the customer have broadband service, for the privilege of installing a Femtocell in a customers home. I would think a wireless carrier would give a customer a Femtocell rather than loosing the subscriber because they are not satisfied with the coverage in their home. Of course there is the matter of those pesky service termination fees used to force dissatisfied subscribers to retain unsatisfactory service. |
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morph3ous
Premium
join:2002-05-16
Miami, FL
·AT&T Southeast
·Comcast Formerly ..
| I was just thinking the same thing. Customers should definitely not have to pay more per month for the 'privilege' of using their internet connection to route their cell phone calls.
The equipment does cost money, but there are other ways to finance that.
My fear is that cell phone service as a whole is going to degrade at a faster pace as femtocells become more widespread and the providers pay less attention to their cell tower networks in primarily residential areas.
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espaeth
Digital Plumber
Premium,MVM
join:2001-04-21
Minneapolis, MN | reply to Mr Matt
I believe Sprint was charging an extra $15 to have the Femtocell service, but as part of the exchange you get unlimited calling through the device 24x7 with nothing being counted against your standard cell phone plan. |
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n2jtx
join:2001-01-13
Glen Head, NY
·Optimum Online
| said by espaeth  :I believe Sprint was charging an extra $15 to have the Femtocell service, but as part of the exchange you get unlimited calling through the device 24x7 with nothing being counted against your standard cell phone plan. If I could get that including unlimited to Canada while on a personal Femtocell from T-Mobile I would sign up for it. Alas, since T-Mobile is doing UMA I doubt I will see Femtocell from them. |
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KoolMoe
Aw Man
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join:2001-02-14
Annapolis, MD
clubs: | reply to morph3ous
Yeah, and just wait til the net hits 'by-the-byte' pricing. So we'll pay for wireless service by-the-minute and by-the-byte for our internet. Sweet.
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
·DSL EXTREME
| Not only that... but
a) CAPS on service (through broaband ISP) would be an issue
b) Wireless carriers would have to wave the CAP on the current wireless data consumption as well as lower fees.
Why should I have to pay twice? I pay for my broadband ISP, then I pay for my wireless data which uses my broadband ISP  and has caps/restrictions, etc.
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old_dawg
"I Know Noting..."
join:2001-09-22
Westminster, MD
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said by Mr Matt : I guess the wireless carriers have come up with another alacart special to squeeze some more money out of their subscribers. I observed in one commentary that a wireless carrier wanted an extra $15.00 per month, plus requiring that the customer have broadband service, for the privilege of installing a Femtocell in a customers home. I would think a wireless carrier would give a customer a Femtocell rather than loosing the subscriber because they are not satisfied with the coverage in their home. Of course there is the matter of those pesky service termination fees used to force dissatisfied subscribers to retain unsatisfactory service. Still looking for that free bubble up and rainbow stew all you can eat buffet???.
There is no free lunch, repeat after me, there is no free lunch !
Show me a TOS from any wireless carrier that guarantees reception indoors. And D-UH, how do you expect to get a femtocell to function without a broadband connection in the home?. Should that be free as well?. What a maroon!
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
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said by KoolMoe :Yeah, and just wait til the net hits 'by-the-byte' pricing. So we'll pay for wireless service by-the-minute and by-the-byte for our internet. Sweet. KM wear tin foil hat much? There will NEVER be pure 'by-the-byte' billing by ISPs. There might be caps then you pay so much for going over, but never cost per byte starting from the first byte. Secondly talking on a cell wouldn't use up more than a GB perhaps 2 GB a month. And you'd have to talk a lot to do that. |
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morph3ous
Premium
join:2002-05-16
Miami, FL
·AT&T Southeast
·Comcast Formerly ..
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Can the limit it so tha tonly you can use the Femtocell or can your neighbors roam over to it and use your bandwidth too thereby improving the cell network at the expense of your broadband?
Please let me know, I'm still reading up on all of this.
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