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Re: licensed freqencies Investing in a landline doesnt help with my cell not working?
Femtocell's require broadband capable of a sustained connection. If verizion had any intention of deploying high speed here, it would be an instant sell to 200 of the 300 homes. Instead, we're stuck with a copper infrastructure that is 40 years old. Believe me, I know where I live and how we're not going to see an antenna placed closer to us. But, its frustrating that I can 3 bars of 4G just 200 yards or so away, and if i want a booster, they're taking that option away |
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| said by jeepwrang3:Investing in a landline doesnt help with my cell not working? It gets you working telecommunications, isn't that the whole point? Working landline > cell phone with no signal.
said by jeepwrang3:and if i want a booster, they're taking that option away
With limited exceptions, you've never had the right to broadcast radio waves on a licensed frequency where you are not the licensee. I understand your frustrations here and it truly sucks but if you're being fair can you not understand why they don't want third parties putting up transmitters that broadcast on their licensed spectrum? Transmitters that they have no control over and limited recourse against if they interfere with other customers?
Besides, you DO have other options. Voice communications are easily provided for with a POTS line. If you have 4G service 200 yards away it would be just as easy to get it back to your house with wi-fi as it is to invest in a cellular repeater that may or may not be legal. |
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| I certainly understand the part about not wanting third parties developing without standards set. Thats why Wilson to my understanding started working immediately with the FCC.
As far as a wifi setup, I've certainly looked into it as my current source of internet is a deliberant system of hops from a buddy's T1. Climbing 3 roofs rather than one is the reason why i've passed on that thus far.
I know you keep saying POTS line, i could care less about one. If it was cheap thats one thing. The fact that after taxes it was roughly 50 bucks a month, just to have my # sold to various groups, I decided to pass on it in the new house. |
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| said by jeepwrang3:I know you keep saying POTS line, i could care less about one. If it was cheap thats one thing. The fact that after taxes it was roughly 50 bucks a month, just to have my # sold to various groups, I decided to pass on it in the new house.
My Frontier POTS line is $26/mo and change. My old Verizon one was around $30/mo as I recall. Not sure where you live but I find $50/mo hard to fathom, unless you're including additional services or some sort of package deal that's allegedly going to save you money (they rarely do).
As far as selling your number, the only reason wireless companies aren't doing that is because they are prohibited by law from doing so. That prohibition stems from the fact that incoming wireless calls cost you money. This is slowly ceasing to be the case as unlimited calling plans become the norm rather than the exception and I wouldn't be surprised if we see this legal prohibition removed in the not-so-distant future. |
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