Comments on: Would you pay for a femto cell? Probably http://www.futuritymedia.com/2010/01/would-you-pay-for-a-femto-cell-probably/ Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:21:24 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Andy http://www.futuritymedia.com/2010/01/would-you-pay-for-a-femto-cell-probably/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Andy Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:50:33 +0000 http://www.futuritymedia.com/?p=387#comment-48 I suspect it will all depend how the femtocells are sold..... The Vodafone deal in the UK is expensive & you get nothing in return except a lock-in to Vodafone! Installation was a nightmare - it took about 2 months to get working - Mobile companies need to learn data skills which they clearly do not have, big learning curve for them - in the end I had to change my ISP to one that supported the protocol used by Vodafone - very poor device selection on Vodafone's behalf as the restricted capabilities of their femtocell must be causing a major support headache! There are also quality of service issues - I have found that even on an 8Mb broadband connection I get voice quality corruption when an online backup is running at the same time - other VoIP devices such as my Vonage phone do not appear to be so sensitive to network congestion. Overall a nice idea but on the basis of experience to date - you are probably better standing near a window to get a signal. Andy I suspect it will all depend how the femtocells are sold….. The Vodafone deal in the UK is expensive & you get nothing in return except a lock-in to Vodafone!

Installation was a nightmare – it took about 2 months to get working – Mobile companies need to learn data skills which they clearly do not have, big learning curve for them – in the end I had to change my ISP to one that supported the protocol used by Vodafone – very poor device selection on Vodafone’s behalf as the restricted capabilities of their femtocell must be causing a major support headache!

There are also quality of service issues – I have found that even on an 8Mb broadband connection I get voice quality corruption when an online backup is running at the same time – other VoIP devices such as my Vonage phone do not appear to be so sensitive to network congestion.

Overall a nice idea but on the basis of experience to date – you are probably better standing near a window to get a signal.

Andy

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