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Or, you can just bounce on your contract because coverage isnt in your home.

Pathetic excuse for a company to prey on ignorant people.]]>Sep 28th 2009 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/Sep 28th 2009 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/Sep 28th 2009 2:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/
I mean, the money you pay for the service is 100% reliable. can you say the same about your mobile phone? since everyone alive has to say 'no' to that question, then the reality is that we are all being ripped off. nobody should have any loyalty whatsoever to their mobile carrier.

I can't see any good use for this product anywhere except where there is NO service otherwise.]]>Sep 28th 2009 3:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/
it's not about loyalty to att. it's about people wanting to have an iphone, or a bold or whatever, and being stuck on att.

if phones were 100% interchangeable between carriers, then most people would probably switch carriers over annoying service, but alas...]]>Sep 28th 2009 4:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/
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In the article they state that there's a GPS chip in the unit so you cannot do what you describe.

@Dan

You're about half right i'd guess. I'm sure there's some "loyalty" to provider or phone, but there are many places where signal sadly does not reach well. One friend had a radiant barrier in his roof, basically foil to help with insulation, terrible signal from any carrier within the house, or you may live in a valley, bad signals of any kind, my office has terrible wireless coverage (of any kind) because of something in its construction. Those places your carrier isn't really "at fault" and $150 is a small price to pay, the rest of the time its just a cop out, probably should cost less.]]>Sep 28th 2009 7:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/Sep 29th 2009 1:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/
You're going to dump one of the worst carriers for... the other worst carrier? ]]>Dec 18th 2009 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/Sep 28th 2009 1:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/Sep 28th 2009 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/Sep 28th 2009 1:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/Sep 28th 2009 3:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/So, they started getting creative. It provides people with an alternative to just complaining about it and a solution in particular problem areas and homes.
That being said, I still think the pricing for this is outrageous. I wouldn't spend that much on a wireless router, let alone something that just makes and receives calls in addition to one.

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Are you a moron? The primary function of this is to provide people with decent voice service in a location where signal is weak/non-existent.]]>Sep 28th 2009 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/
Jesus. Just switch to VZW.]]>Sep 28th 2009 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/
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and if you have dsl why not just use the internet from a computer instead from your cell phone.]]>Sep 28th 2009 1:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/The femtocell is to allow phone calls where you have no signal. The 3g part is because phone calls are higher quality over 3g, and to enable web features on phones without wifi.

I've seen so many people say "Why don't you just use wifi", totally missing the point that this allows phone calls and text messages where you wouldn't have been able to use them before.]]>Sep 28th 2009 1:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/Sep 28th 2009 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/
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http://www.wireless.att.com/coverageviewer/]]>Sep 28th 2009 1:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/Sep 28th 2009 1:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/Sep 28th 2009 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/Sep 28th 2009 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/Sep 28th 2009 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/
Also, if you look, the 3g signal drops off very quickly west of RTP where there are lots of houses being built in teh last couple of years and thousands more planned for the future at the edge of Cary. Looking at coverage maps all over the US, this is pretty common for ATTs network as they are playing catch-up, so this should help many people in the burbs]]>Sep 29th 2009 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/Sep 28th 2009 1:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/
Why cant they just do voip over my wifi network and roam off their network?

Or better yet, another reason to stick to google voice... one universal number to ring my cell and my voip phones. ]]>Sep 28th 2009 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/Sep 28th 2009 2:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/Sep 28th 2009 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/Sep 28th 2009 1:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/
The idea is to fill in signal deficits inside a structure. The unlimited calling plan (priced at $20/month, below the monthly cost of a landline) would functionally replace a home landline phone if you so choose.]]>Sep 28th 2009 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/]]>Sep 28th 2009 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/
]]>Sep 28th 2009 1:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/ And folks, stop complaining about AT&T. Other carriers are not any better. AT&T IP network might have problems because it was overloaded with iPhone customers using internet, but everything else works just fine. At my previous work at huge company we received about 1k phones via company order. Guess what? Cell serving our campus went down instantly. AT&T built new cell in 2 days!
All carriers once in a while have problems with SMS delivery. In fact, GSM phone users on AT&T and T-Mobile are using SMS messages 10 times more often than CDMA users. As for drop calls and no coverage. I have a Verizon phone as well, that's the same peace of pie. My friend was constantly complaining about quality of calls over AT&T and in a year after he bought the phone he finally discovered that he had faulty 3d party software that was lagging the phone! Once he uninstalled it, voice quality improved drastically as well as battery life. People tend to blame service and somebody else, but not themselves. If they spent few minutes to investigate and troubleshoot the issue, complaints would abate.]]>Sep 28th 2009 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/Sep 28th 2009 3:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/Sep 28th 2009 1:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/
What about radiation?
Will we need to wear tin foil hats?]]>Sep 28th 2009 1:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/
it's 3G right so I have to buy a separate device so I can get something that should work out of the box.....]]>Sep 28th 2009 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/
Any word if the rebate for DSL customers also applies to U-Verse customers?]]>Sep 28th 2009 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/Sep 28th 2009 1:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/Sep 28th 2009 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/Sep 28th 2009 3:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/Oct 3rd 2009 6:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/Sep 28th 2009 1:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/atandt-3g-microcell-unboxing-and-impressions/Sep 28th 2009 2:29PM