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"Sorry ma'am, I know you paid me X dollars to fix your computer, but I'm not a very good tech, so give me another $20 if you want me to somewhat finish the job you already paid me to do. Also, I need to borrow your tools and you electricity? Thanks."...and always finish with a smile :D
09/21/09
A) give a signal to someone who otherwise has none and would likely leave the carrier, contract or not.
B) take traffic off of the carrier's network and put it on the subscriber's internet carrier, thus delaying the need for network upgrades to handle increased traffic.
C) Make it possible for people to use their phone more, leading to increased overages, and/or people choosing higher cost plans.
09/21/09
ATT told me that this is due to work on the towers for the SMS rollout, Im skeptical
09/21/09
SYMPATHY FAIL
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When I went to sign up with AT&T over a year ago I checked their coverage maps. They are very detailed; I could see the outline of the pier that my condo development is on. My entire town was listed as having "very good" 3G coverage (the best rating the map gave.)
That couldn't be further from the truth. Dozens of calls to AT&T, hundreds of dollars in service credits and one visit to my home by an AT&T engineer confirmed what I already knew...the coverage map was a lie. There was no cell tower in my state that would service my town. I was pulling a weak signal from across the Hudson River in NYC.
So, given that AT&T lied about the coverage in my area and that this Microcell solution would be using MY bandwidth that I pay ANOTHER company for and that it will serve to augment their over-burdened, under-developed network, why should I have to pay for it?
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And with today's pending Net Neutrality announcement, I guess Verizon, Comcast, Time Warner, etc. won't be able to do anything about it.
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I would love to get one of these for free, but I am not expecting it. I will buy it if it's a one time fee and promptly disconnect my VOIP. But if they want monthly fees, they aren't getting it from me.
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So you use your iphone at minimum, you'll need a $90 plan, and up to $20 more to use it in your house. That is friggin hilarious. Just put up more towers asshole.
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And Tony Bologna whatever, the minimum plan is $70/month. $90 is the minimum if you want unlimited messaging, too. Unless, of course, you're TheSonOfKrypton and somehow manage to get an extra $12 knocked off your plan. Maybe some kind of discount...IDK
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Why couldn't they make the power cord yellow, and the ethernet cable black, if they insist on color-coding it for morons.
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