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By Natasha Lomas

Published: Wednesday 13 August 2008


Name

Anonymous


Location

Birmingham


Occupation

IT Support


Comment

Find it had to see why I would buy a Fentocell to improve coverage for my mobile operator. Oh, and me.

- My Voiceplan has as many *inclusive* minutes as a need
- Reducing my Voiceplan to offset the benefit from a Femtocell will be complicated and cumbersome without some sort of auto-balancing from the mobile operator - Unlikely
- Without a tie in to my broadband supplier, it may push my Unlimited (fair usage) broadband over it's data limit for the month (If not my usage, other custiomers using it from the mobile operator in range of the Femtocell)
- A Femotocell is unlikely to be free - Why would I want to buy one, with the benefits I can get already from VOIP at home, and can if I choose to VOIP from my existing WiFi enabled mobile.
- Will it improve 3G coverage in the UK ? This currently sucks. Again, unlikely, as it would make a Femtocell more expensive, and hey whilst at home I would be using my broadband WiFi anyway.
- Femtocell/mobile base station. Tainted by 'mobile phone masts' give you cancer. Herd mentality a-la MMR jabs for kids.

Cart and Horse again from the Mobile Operators, like Mobile TV.



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