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LAN Party Forums => FITES News => Started by: The Nstuff on September 21, 2009, 06:45:01 PM

Title: FemToCell
Post by: The Nstuff on September 21, 2009, 06:45:01 PM

This is pretty neat.  Att just announced their femtocell... Only available in Charlotte, NC right now.

Basically it's a mini cell tower, about the size of a wifi-router, and you connect it to your home internet broadband connection.  It supports up to 4 cell phones simultaneously at 3G speeds and supports hand-offs to the regular att cell network if you leave the house while still on a phone call.  Pretty damn slick.

http://www.wireless.att.com/learn/why/3gmicrocell/ (http://www.wireless.att.com/learn/why/3gmicrocell/)
http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2009/09/21/atandts-3g-microcell-gets-unboxed-looks-sufficiently-cute/ (http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2009/09/21/atandts-3g-microcell-gets-unboxed-looks-sufficiently-cute/)

Apparently Tmobile and verizon have similar techs

Title: Re: FemToCell
Post by: decepticon on September 22, 2009, 07:21:03 AM

I think Shoctor had posted something similar to this for the next big LAN where we had no cell service.  Neat none the less.

Title: Re: FemToCell
Post by: The Shoctor on September 22, 2009, 08:15:07 AM

I posted more of a relay of cell signal... This acts a lot like a cell tower. It has a GPS to tell where it is so that it can do hand-offs. It's pretty cool for those places that have good internet buy suck cell... But man the places where I think that would be good have Crapty internet too.

Title: Re: FemToCell
Post by: Mr.Tibbs on September 22, 2009, 10:57:51 AM

Sweet, I just switched to AT&T and I happen to have a 3G phone.

Title: Re: FemToCell
Post by: _!Rathe!_ on September 22, 2009, 12:24:40 PM

Verizon has one too.  The box is kind of pricey however.  $250.

http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/accessory?action=gotoFemtocell (http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/accessory?action=gotoFemtocell)

Title: Re: FemToCell
Post by: sully! on September 23, 2009, 10:35:19 PM

I've seen some pretty cold reception to these devices; their outrageous price being one of the big negatives.

Also, in regards to the cell relay device that Shoctor posted about, they're not all that great either. We used one temporarily in one of our offices until we could get a full strength repeater put in and the little ones that Shoctor posted about can only handle three simultaneous calls. I'm not sure what happens when the fourth call is attempted, but most likely you just don't get through.

Title: Re: FemToCell
Post by: VinACE85 on September 23, 2009, 10:43:27 PM

I was gonna ask if it worked with CDMA, but I'm assuming not.

Title: Re: FemToCell
Post by: The Shoctor on September 23, 2009, 10:46:45 PM

Quote from: VinACE85 on September 23, 2009, 10:43:27 PM

I was gonna ask if it worked with CDMA, but I'm assuming not.

That would be the one Rathe was talking about Verizon is CDMA. I don't use them so I don't know enough about it.