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Murfreesboro, TN
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May 10th, @03:11PM
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Re: And it's only $3500
As I read the article, the $3,495 price tag is for the documentation to explain how to use a $300 cell phone repeater.
I guess I must be missing some crucial information. I only used the user manual that came with the $300 repeater that I use (it seems to work despite this handicap).
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MichaelWacey
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join:2005-01-30
Berwyn, PA | As I read it, the price os for a market report for companmies interested in selling into this market.
I have always wondered if FemtoCells would carry data or just voice signals. It sounds like they will do both. |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
| said by MichaelWacey  :I have always wondered if FemtoCells would carry data or just voice signals. It sounds like they will do both. If the femtocell is backhauled on a customer's own broadband connection that he pays for, the femtocell will only allow onto it that were programmed by the user, if you have caps on your line, or if you dont have fios, you want your DSL or cable modem maxed out by cell traffic, and your not comped by your carrier? |
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SD6
join:2005-03-26
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May 11th, @08:05AM
| said by patcat88 :said by MichaelWacey :I have always wondered if FemtoCells would carry data or just voice signals. It sounds like they will do both. If the femtocell is backhauled on a customer's own broadband connection that he pays for, the femtocell will only allow onto it that were programmed by the user, if you have caps on your line, or if you dont have fios, you want your DSL or cable modem maxed out by cell traffic, and your not comped by your carrier? A femtocell basically exactly duplicates the functionality of a cellular base station. The $3500 is for market research report to industry (not for consumer reading). Remember, the femtocell has to receive the cell phone signals AND convert everything exactly so that it can be sent over backhaul to carrier's core network. Once converted, voice requires very little data compared to say, sending a video file. The only practical advantage to femtocell is voice (not data), as others have pointed out, so that you can use your standard cell phone where you want and not depend on the cell phone company having coverage there. |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
| And it only take 100 phone calls to max out your upload speed. 1000/9.6 (typical vocoder bandwidth)=104. And 1000 is a high estimate for upload speed. If I put a femotocell in an apartment in a very dense city (NYC for example), and its overlooks a 5x3 block park I guarentee you the femtocell will be maxed out instantaneously. Sprint's femtocell restricts phone numbers, not sure about T-Mobile. And whats the point of a femtocell if you can't have data go over it? Might as well goto a payphone. |
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