I bet you don't live in Denver..
Don Ferguson wrote:
> Another note. Regarding Sprint customer service: while they may be a
> little uneven and it still seems like one part doesn't know what the
> other parts are doing, I have to say that the people in the store with
> which I've been dealing since the beginning have been excellent. This
> afternoon, here's how it went:
>
> 1. I called them to ask if they had the Airave devices. They did.
> 2. I told them I'd be there in about 20 minutes to get one.
> 3. When I got there in 20 minutes they'd activated the device and had
> it in the box, in the bag, ready for me to take it away.
>
> Doesn't get much better than that! Well, I suppose they could have
> brought it to me at my house and hooked it up, but that's probably not
> realistic! :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Don
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
> Don Ferguson
> Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 7:21 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [Treo] Sprint Introduces Airave To Help Weak Reception
>
> Well, we'll find out soon since I just picked one up.
>
> My view of it is a little less cynical, though. Since I'm in the test
> market (Denver) I get the device for free. I will now be paying
> $15/month for unlimited calling while I'm connected to my own little
> cell tower in my house. They say it covers 5000 square feet. The
> footprint of the first floor of my house is 2300 square feet, so I'm
> assuming this will work outside to some extent as well.
>
> As a practical matter, that means I can:
>
> 1. Reduce my cellular plan by the number of minutes I typically use the
> cell phone from home.
>
> 2. Finally eliminate my second line at home since I'll not only get a
> strong, consistent 5-bar signal inside my house, but get all calls
> included in the $15.
>
> 3. Possibly eliminate my primary home line at some point since this
> service has a GPS-based e911 component.
>
> In addition, although this doesn't apply to me, this could also allow a
> Sprint user with NO reception at home or another location to make
> unlimited calls from that location. A rural mountain user here in
> Colorado, for instance, could have Sprint service at home even where
> there is no cellular coverage, and the pick up the regular Sprint
> network upon entering "civilization".
>
> I will probably always have a land line of some sort since my burglar
> alarm uses one, but even now that line has been reduced to just a
> $15/month basic line with no extras. I have VOIP lines that I actually
> use (Vonage and Broadvoice) and I have to say that cellular compares
> very well in call quality to them. Now that the "cell tower" will be
> right in the house, from the phone's point of view, battery consumption
> should be reduced on the Treo as well as it won't have to reach very
> hard for a signal.
>
> I see this as analogous in purpose, but not implementation, to the
> T-Mobile [EMAIL PROTECTED] service: both are targeted at allowing people to
> eliminate a home line. Each has strengths: Sprint's offering works
> with all Sprint CDMA phones, not just a limited set of special phones.
> T-Mobile's offering can work anywhere (especially at Starbucks or other
> hotspot) there's a wifi network, not just at one location.
>
> In an office/home environment, however, since the Sprint device is not
> limited to just one phone, one could have a home one of these and an
> office one, and do unlimited calls at those two locations for $15/month
> each. Depends on how one uses the setup, I guess, as to which way to
> go, but at $15/month this will pay for itself, for me.
>
> Cheers,
> Don
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
> john.messeder
> Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 8:15 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Treo] Sprint Introduces Airave To Help Weak Reception
>
> That was the first thought I had - a new sales approach: instead of
> great service for everyone, Sprint has opted for service /a la carte/.
>
> Lio wrote:
>
>> Or are they just charging you for bad service
>>
>
>
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