At 18 Jun 2008 21:18:54 -0700 SprintTreo9958 wrote:

> I have been pestering my local Sprint Sellphone Palace about the
> national rollout of the Denver/Indianapolis Airave home femtocell.
> This would allow be to drop
> Vonage and use my Sprint phones in the house.
>
> http://www.sprintenterprise.com/airave/
> http://www.sprintusers.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=140231
>
>
> The rollout was supposed to start in April, but no news since Sept
> 2007.
>
> My local store mgr recently said the Airave has been discontinued.
>
> Does anyone know if this means they have dropped plans to rollout the
> Airave??


I suspect they'll resurrect the idea eventually- Verizon and AT&T have
similar rollouts planned.

> I could really use this $50 VOIP Box for my Spint Cellphone vs a $600
> External to Internal Antenna Repeater system to help with signal
> coverage inside my house.
>
> Thats the main reason I still have a landline that I ported to
> Vonage. Poor house cellphone reception.

T-Mobile takes a slightly different approach with their "Hotspot@Home" UMA
service. They offer combo cellular/WiFi phones that work through any open
access point (or encrypted one you have a key for) without the need for a
femtocell. This even works overseas, eliminitating roaming charges if WiFi
is available.

You might check it out- plans with unlimited WiFi calling start at
$49.99/month.