Comments on: …And You Thought the iPhone was Cool http://digivation.net/2007/07/05/and-you-thought-the-iphone-was-cool The blog of Matthew A. Smith and Michael Chappell, on topics from A to Z Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:47:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Matthew Smith http://digivation.net/2007/07/05/and-you-thought-the-iphone-was-cool/comment-page-1#comment-6689 Matthew Smith Fri, 06 Jul 2007 13:30:37 +0000 http://digivation.net/2007/07/05/and-you-thought-the-iphone-was-cool/#comment-6689 You know, interestingly enough, I was doing some research the other day for my job, and discovered that there's a company out there that makes "<a href="http://www.radioframe.com/americas/products/sseries/sseries.htm">Femptocell</a>" base stations for your home. These are basically tiny GSM cell sites intended to be installed in a home to improve cell reception. They use the 'net for backhaul and they work just fine with your existing phone. It just has to be supported by your cellphone company. You know, interestingly enough, I was doing some research the other day for my job, and discovered that there’s a company out there that makes “Femptocell” base stations for your home. These are basically tiny GSM cell sites intended to be installed in a home to improve cell reception. They use the ‘net for backhaul and they work just fine with your existing phone.

It just has to be supported by your cellphone company.

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