Comments on: Lousy iPhone Reception? Want an AT&T Tower in Your House? Meet Femtocell!

By: jen

jen — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:21:04 +0000

i have the worstreception in my house and i isnt even a brick home or apartment the map i was shown said we had lots of covrage now i get 1 if no bars most of time searching

By: Jack Burns

Jack Burns — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:45:44 +0000

I would just like the iphone to work properly, I cannot seem to get a signal to work my past much less new phones. I am on a fixed income and cannot afford a large upfront fee. thus I feel that to be captive to any carrier is a mistake, it is inevitable.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:20:16 +0000

PHEW! I was betting on AT&T releasing this service sooner than later. I for one am thrilled.

By: Christopher Vitek

Christopher Vitek — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:24:18 +0000

I think if their website SAYS I should get good 3G reception (like it does) but I don’t (like I don’t) they should give me one for free. And it isn’t in my house, because outside all I get is a couple of Edge bars. Half a mile in any direction of my house and I get four bars of 3G.

By: MrEClass

MrEClass — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:22:17 +0000

I’m still with 2G iPhone

By: Fassy

Fassy — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:50:58 +0000

While President Obama is in favor of establishing net neutrality laws, right now there is nothing in law or business preventing an ISP from blocking or assigning a lower priority to traffic they identify as AT&T voice traffic. For ISPs that offer competing voice or cel services, there is every incentive for them to do so. Since AT&T is against net neutrality, they can hardly complain should this happen. So AT&T will get customers and competitors to bear infrastructure burdens, while creating a scenario where AT&T cannot guarantee or even take responsibility for service levels, and customers are supposed to pay for the privelege. That tIpb image for AT&T looks more accurate by the day.

By: Dyvim

Dyvim — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:59:14 +0000

@funkyj: mostly only towards cell phone carriers! Oh and Big Oil too.

By: funkyj

funkyj — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:55:54 +0000

Dyvim, you sure have a sour disposition...

Yes, femtocells do reduce the burden on the carrier's cell tower network but (i.e. the air interface and network connecting the cell towers to the central office) but the still carry your call on their core.

Also, to implement the service they have to roll out a lot of new equipment. The customer site femtocell is only one end. At the central office they need new equipment to talk with your femtocell. When you consider this nationwide it is a significant capital expense.

I would be thrilled to pay the upfront cost of a femtocell for my home. Paying some monthly fee in perpetuity is a bit offensive though. After all (as pointed out by others) I am reducing the burden on the mobile carrier's backhaul network and the up front capital expense of rolling out a new technology does not continue in perpetuity.

By: Keil Miller

Keil Miller — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:50:50 +0000

If you get no reception, you probably live too far out to get a high speed ISP anyways. Kinda pointless unless you live in a cement house.

By: Ana

Ana — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:20:10 +0000

And they have the audacity to charge extra to get decent reception lol what happened to the days when it was expected. Actually i’m not surprised about ATT they try to squeeze every penny out of you that they can I don’t know how many WTF looks I gave the ATT rep as he was reading my rate plan details and how much I would be charged a bit extra on features because I was purchasing an iphone.