Comments on: Sprint Airave Lets You Make Calls Over The Internet – July 15th http://www.berryreview.com/2008/07/02/sprint-airave-lets-you-make-calls-over-the-internet-july-15th/ BlackBerry News and Reviews You Can Use Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:25:24 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Sprint’s Airave Mini Cell Tower Now Available | BerryReview.com » http://www.berryreview.com/2008/07/02/sprint-airave-lets-you-make-calls-over-the-internet-july-15th/comment-page-1/#comment-11002 Sprint’s Airave Mini Cell Tower Now Available | BerryReview.com » Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:30:33 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/?p=6003#comment-11002 [...] has finally released the Airave home cellphone tower that we mentioned before. The price is still too high in my opinion but the idea is very interesting. PhoneScoop just let us [...] [...] has finally released the Airave home cellphone tower that we mentioned before. The price is still too high in my opinion but the idea is very interesting. PhoneScoop just let us [...]

]]> By: Gary http://www.berryreview.com/2008/07/02/sprint-airave-lets-you-make-calls-over-the-internet-july-15th/comment-page-1/#comment-9458 Gary Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:46:05 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/?p=6003#comment-9458 But can you get it without paying the monthly fee? I need it because I get crap coverage in my apartment, but since I have the SE plan I don't need unlimited calling. Also I don't thing the cable companies have much to worry about. Voice calls take up very little bandwidth. But can you get it without paying the monthly fee? I need it because I get crap coverage in my apartment, but since I have the SE plan I don’t need unlimited calling.

Also I don’t thing the cable companies have much to worry about. Voice calls take up very little bandwidth.

]]> By: Ronen Halevy http://www.berryreview.com/2008/07/02/sprint-airave-lets-you-make-calls-over-the-internet-july-15th/comment-page-1/#comment-9451 Ronen Halevy Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:00:57 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/?p=6003#comment-9451 Yeah it is way too expensive! I just thought it would be cool to be able to setup your own celltower site... :) Yeah it is way too expensive! I just thought it would be cool to be able to setup your own celltower site… :)

]]> By: DavidB http://www.berryreview.com/2008/07/02/sprint-airave-lets-you-make-calls-over-the-internet-july-15th/comment-page-1/#comment-9417 DavidB Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:01:17 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/?p=6003#comment-9417 This is a femtocell, a similar concept to UMA but not really. Sprint has been trialing these in a couple places USA for several months now. I think it's a really cool concept, install your own mini cell phone site, but an issue that come to MY mind is would there be any personal liability if someone did something illegal on their device while connected via your femtocell (which is connected to the world via your high speed internet service)??? And with companies like Cox and Comcast looking to throttle our cable modem services, someone connecting to your femtocell could use up a bunch of cable modem bandwidth that not only do you have to pay Sprint for the femto but you have to pay your ISP for the data backhaul, and I can't see that the cable companies would be all too excited about bunches of cellular femtocells using their backbones for phone call carriage (when they are trying to market that themselves!). This is a femtocell, a similar concept to UMA but not really.

Sprint has been trialing these in a couple places USA for several months now. I think it’s a really cool concept, install your own mini cell phone site, but an issue that come to MY mind is would there be any personal liability if someone did something illegal on their device while connected via your femtocell (which is connected to the world via your high speed internet service)??? And with companies like Cox and Comcast looking to throttle our cable modem services, someone connecting to your femtocell could use up a bunch of cable modem bandwidth that not only do you have to pay Sprint for the femto but you have to pay your ISP for the data backhaul, and I can’t see that the cable companies would be all too excited about bunches of cellular femtocells using their backbones for phone call carriage (when they are trying to market that themselves!).

]]> By: rndy http://www.berryreview.com/2008/07/02/sprint-airave-lets-you-make-calls-over-the-internet-july-15th/comment-page-1/#comment-9402 rndy Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:59:34 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/?p=6003#comment-9402 OR you can use tmo's service for $10 bucks a month and get unlimited UMA calling, without the gps/only being able to use it in a tmo coverage area clause. And its $10 for an individual or your whole family plan... Sprint's version sounds like an over priced rip off of tmos talk forever mobile. OR you can use tmo’s service for $10 bucks a month and get unlimited UMA calling, without the gps/only being able to use it in a tmo coverage area clause. And its $10 for an individual or your whole family plan… Sprint’s version sounds like an over priced rip off of tmos talk forever mobile.

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