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Verizon Launching Wireless Network Extender Jan. 25th

Discussion in 'Wireless News' started by Ddeere2, Jan 18, 2009.

  1. Ddeere2

    Ddeere2 Senior Member
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    Sprint had the jump on this by a few months with its AIRAVE, but Verizon's not far behind in bringing femotcells to the masses with its less-elegantly-named Wireless Network Extender later this month on the 25th. The little black box will puke out a cloud of CDMA covering up to 5,000 square feet of domicile with support for up to three simultaneous calls -- enough for you, the hubby / missus, and little Joey / Susie to all be yapping away at the same time. Like Sprint's solution, the Wireless Network Extender uses GPS to verify that you're not creating little tiny Verizon networks in Laos, Kenya, or Uruguay and plugs into the internet source of your choice via Ethernet. It'll be available in Verizon stores and online starting January 25 for $249.99 -- not a bad deal for Verizon, considering you're saving them the expense of erecting a tower.

    Verizon launching Wireless Network Extender femtocell on January 25 - Engadget

    I guess everyone except Tmobile beat AT&T to launching their femtocells. I didn't see anything about having to pay a fee to use it like with Sprint. Also, the price is not to bad.
     
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    #1 Ddeere2, Jan 18, 2009
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    Yankees368 Compulsive Signal Checker
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    Worse name and design that the Sprint box. I got my airave from Sprint for free, I wonder if vzw will be doing the same.
     
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    #2 Yankees368, Jan 19, 2009
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    larry Sprint loyalist and former mod
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    $249.99? Wow Sprint only charges $100. I assume Verizon won't charge a monthly fee of $5 since they are charging $150 more for the unit?
     
    #3 larry, Jan 19, 2009
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    The posted documentation didn't mention a monthly fee. However, it only supports voice calls and 1x data.
     
    #4 scottb, Jan 19, 2009
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    larry Sprint loyalist and former mod
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    Sprint's unit only supports voice and 1x as of right now. But I believe they can push future firmware upgrades to them to make them EVDO capable.
     
    #5 larry, Jan 19, 2009
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    Doese the internet connection need to be broadband?
     
    #6 brtndr1, Jan 20, 2009
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    larry Sprint loyalist and former mod
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    Yes it does. DSL or cable. Dial up won't work.
     
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    SmArTeStChIlD421 Silver Senior Member
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    even if you tried to make it work i doubt there would be enough bandwidth to handle a crappy quality voice call
     
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    #8 SmArTeStChIlD421, Jan 20, 2009
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