http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/ Engadget Comments for Sprint's Airave signal booster goes on sale nationwide http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/I have sprint and get terrible reception in my house and near it, also. However, the pricetag sort of scares me...]]>Jul 29th 2008 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/Jul 29th 2008 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/For a single phone one has to buy the hardware for $100 amd then spend another $15.00 p.m. on yuour exisitng plan. In return you get UNLIMITED talk time while within a reasonable distance on thsi device (at work or home). Thus this turns a limited minuted plan into unlimited at say your residence...]]>Jul 29th 2008 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/
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I went to a presentation about 3 months ago where they told me they were going to offer it for free for some customers - I guess they got greedy!]]>Jul 30th 2008 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/
**** WHAT A FREAKING DEAL ****]]>Jul 30th 2008 10:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/
Gold medal. For dropped calls fail.]]>Jul 29th 2008 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/
They sold a bunch of towers so they don't have to worry about maintaining them, now they just lease them and still use all of them. ATT, Verizon and all the rest did the same thing a while back. Get your facts straight next time so you don't sound like a idiot again.]]>Jul 29th 2008 9:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/Jul 30th 2008 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/Jul 29th 2008 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/Jul 29th 2008 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/
FAIL Sprint...serious FAIL]]>Jul 29th 2008 12:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/Jul 29th 2008 1:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/Jul 29th 2008 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/
In all seriousness, my phone drops signal in my house all the time and the only thing it has made me want to do is to switch off Sprint's service as soon as my contract is up. It would seem like they would be WAAAAY further ahead to sell/cheaply rent the box to you and give the service away for free. I might spend $100 to have guaranteed good signal, but not $100 AND an additional fee every month for something I should really be getting for free. If I invested the $100 though, I'd be more inclined to stick with Sprint after my contract is up.]]>Jul 29th 2008 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/
For example, you can't opt to Roam Only on the Instinct. Bummer, huh?]]>Jul 29th 2008 12:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/
How much longer do you have on your contract? Because if its a really long time like 1yr+ it makes more sense just to pay the ETF(early termination fee) and be done with it. Why continue to pay for a service that you can not use reliably. I'm not aware if there is a stipulation that would allow you out of your contract if the carrier could not provide signal. General contract law allows for such breach of contract when one part is not able to fulfill their part of the contractual obligation of services. There may be one, never hurts to check over your contract. If you can get out for free then there's no reason to continue with Sprint.

Reminds me of the new company slogan I heard proposed for Sprint. "Sprint, most of our customers already have."]]>Jul 29th 2008 2:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.wi-exstore.com/MyCart/ProductDetails/67/YX510-PCS-CEL_.aspx
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This still does not want to make me become a Sprint customer. It seems as if Sprint has acknowledged that their network sucks, so you need to pay them more to make it better.]]>Jul 29th 2008 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/What you have is a wireless repeater, which just takes whatever cell signal is in the area and repeats it more powerfully; Mouth:Megaphone as Cellphone Radio:Wireless Repeater.]]>Jul 29th 2008 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/]]>Jul 29th 2008 2:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/Jul 29th 2008 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/Jul 29th 2008 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/
"All customers are required to pay a $4.99 MRC/device in addition to other AIRAVE plans that may be selected."]]>Jul 29th 2008 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/Jul 29th 2008 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/Jul 29th 2008 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/Jul 29th 2008 9:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/Sprint: "Our coverage sucks, so here - buy this and improve your signal and actually make and receive calls. Oh, by the way, you have to pay monthly fees and an upfront one."
Customer: "Why don't I just switch to verizon and not buy anything?"
Sprint: "errrm. Pay us money, dammit!"]]>Jul 29th 2008 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/Jul 29th 2008 1:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/Jul 29th 2008 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/Jul 29th 2008 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/Jul 29th 2008 1:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/Jul 30th 2008 10:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/Jul 29th 2008 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/Jul 29th 2008 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/
Travelling to Europe? Want to make calls back home from your cell phone? Bring this with you and jack it into the hotel internet.

Probably a blatant violation of local laws regarding transmissions, etc., but I have a hard time believing this won't happen.]]>Jul 29th 2008 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/Jul 29th 2008 1:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/Jul 29th 2008 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/Aug 14th 2008 11:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/
for instance, if you make the mass majority of your calls from within your own house, you can add this and drop the amount of minutes on your plan. (add $20 or $30 a month to your plan, but drop $50 off your minutes.)

...charging more for 1 or 2 phones is weak, but i really don't see why so many people think this is useless.

If i could drop my plan to a lower minute plan (meaning even after adding this service, i'd be paying LESS per month), and have unlimited minutes within my own house, with perfect signal, and i could walk out of my house and the service would soft-switch to another signal (no calls dropped because i'm too far away from my house, that it) then this would be a pretty sweet deal.

it makes even more sense if you have 3 or 4 lines in the same house and a lot of calls being made within the house.

Unfortunately, i just switched to AT&T for the iPhone, so this news really doesn't matter at all to me.
(what i want to hear is a VOIP client for the iphone that can soft hand-off to the cell network when out of range. :)

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I am waiting for it to activate as we speak. Hopefully it will work well.]]>Jul 29th 2008 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/
Switched to ATT and got an Iphone and get great service... i never would have paid for this from them... if they gave it to me free i would continue to use sprint, but askign me to pay for it so i cna use their service is insane]]>Jul 29th 2008 2:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/I love my sprint sero plan :)]]>Jul 29th 2008 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/Jul 29th 2008 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/Jul 29th 2008 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/
Please tell me where you I can sign up for this plan:

Unlimited EV-DO Rev A Data
Unlimited Text
Unlimited Minutes

Total cost = $45. That's the SERO plan + $15/month for Airrave. I get excellent coverage in my area and with Airrave will continue to do so.

Last check competitors were charging AT LEAST twice as much. Hate Sprint all you want. But for SERO customers it is the best deal in wireless hands down.]]>Jul 29th 2008 2:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/Jul 29th 2008 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/Jul 29th 2008 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/sprints-airave-signal-booster-goes-on-sale-nationwide/No, the SERO plan as we know it is gone. Now it's just a slightly discounted Everything plan.]]>Jul 30th 2008 12:06AM