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To: DanD who wrote (82810)	1/26/2009 7:34:21 PM
From: Jon Koplik	1 Recommendation Respond to of 196771

Femtocell miniature cellular tower -- this is what may happen after you install one of these things in your house : fantascienza.com

To: DanD who wrote (82810)	1/26/2009 8:35:33 PM
From: engineer	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 196771

This is really for their own benefit. what you are doing essentially is operating the femtocell for VZ and extending their network. since most people don't understand how this works, it will allow not only you but anyone inside of 5000 ft to use it. So they will get a giant cell overlay network out there, using your home power.

To: DanD who wrote (82810)	9/17/2009 11:03:02 AM
From: Jon Koplik	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 196771

"Real world" experience re: femtocell (Sprint "Airave") service ............................................... One of our kids is away at a college where Verizon Wireless has much better signal strength than Sprint. (We are all Sprint customers in this family. Sprints works very, very well in South Florida.) I learned today from the Sprint "Airave" tech support people : The piece of hardware that makes the femtocell function -- is currently on "back order." (Which, I hope means that the product and the service are a "hit" with consumers.) Last night when I was doing a little "research" into femtocells, I came across a BusinessWeek article businessweek.com where the BW person essentially "trashes" Sprint Airave service, although -- does so in a manner that did not make much sense. For example : "at the outer edges, call quality was spotty" One of the reader comments said something like : "Okay moron -- when you use a cordless phone, and you are near the edge of the coverage area, are you surprised when the quality of the call begins to deteriorate ?" --------------------- If you read some of the reader comments, some say : Product works exactly as promised; signal strength went from around "one bar" straight up to five bars." I love this product. and some say : This product sucks. Do not buy it." -------------------------- (I have read in Wired magazine (or maybe some place else) about businesses where the entire business is hiring people to post FALSE negative reviews / reader comments on the Internet. It is disgusting.) Anyway ... the "big news" : What I learned this morning from Sprint "Airave" tech support people : Sprint femtocell ("Airave") has NOT functioned in any dorm room on any college campus in the entire U.S., because : Every college has your little Ethernet connection jack in the wall going to a "switch" type thing instead of a "router" type thing. (I think that was the "key" to the situation.) This protects the whole college Ethernet from potential BAD stuff. This is disappointing, but ... I can understand it. Jon.