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From: Fergus McMenemie on 9 Sep 2009 06:02
Roger <roger20nospam(a)ntlworld.com> wrote:

> "Fergus McMenemie" <fergus(a)twig-me-uk.not.here> wrote in message
> news:1j5q428.6ozt9ijzp8ywN%fergus(a)twig-me-uk.not.here...
> > Hi,
> >
> > Anybody out there using a vodaphone femtocell to improve reception
> > within their home etc.
> >
> > Vodaphone suggested I try one of these to improve the very poor
> > reception around my home. However my bandwidth cap is rather low
> > at 2G a month and I was wondering how much bandwidth the femtocell
> > requires when:-
> >
> > Phone is in use making calls
> >
> > Phone is idle around the house
> >
> > Phone is off or well away from the house
> >
> > Regards Ferg
>
> Get over to DealExtreme and buy a home mobile repeater system.
> One aerial outside, one in the house. Two way boost for your mobile.
> Or you could make your own passive repeater with nothing more than
> two aerials and coax.


I had been thinking about just such a thing. I happen to know
the reception is fine when standing on my roof. I live in a bit
of a dip as far as my local ( < 1mile) mast is concerned, however
I recently turned on cell boadcast and discovered that the phone
is actually using a mast over 12 miles way. Lots of trees around my
house as well.

Since the police state will lock me up if I buy a repeater, are
you able to explain further about the other passive option.
From: Fergus McMenemie on 9 Sep 2009 06:02
mark <marpate2(a)gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sep 8, 12:09 pm, fer...(a)twig-me-uk.not.here (Fergus McMenemie)
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Anybody out there using a vodaphone femtocell to improve reception
> > within their home etc.
> >
> > Vodaphone suggested I try one of these to improve the very poor
> > reception around my home. However my bandwidth cap is rather low
> > at 2G a month and I was wondering how much bandwidth the femtocell
> > requires when:-
> >
> > Phone is in use making calls
> >
> > Phone is idle around the house
> >
> > Phone is off or well away from the house
> >
> > Regards Ferg
>
> What bandwidth cap is this? With Vodaphone?
>
My ISP is AAISP and I am quite pleased with them given my experience
with Demon, Chess and Tiscali. They do however have a 2G a month
weekday cap. But another poster has indicated that bandwidth consumption
should not be an issue.

Thanks.
From: iain on 9 Sep 2009 07:51
On Wed, 9 Sep 2009 11:02:26 +0100, fergus(a)twig-me-uk.not.here (Fergus
McMenemie) wrote:

>
>Since the police state will lock me up if I buy a repeater,

No, the police state seems to lock people up for not having a mobile
phone (seems it's a sign that you're a terrorist)

It is the properly administered legal system that will lock you up for
using equipment that could impair telecomms networks.

I've very worried about how we are drifting into a surveillance
society and ploice state, and your comment undermines the objections.
From: Jono on 9 Sep 2009 14:48
Fergus McMenemie brought next idea :

>>
>> What bandwidth cap is this? With Vodaphone?
>>
> My ISP is AAISP and I am quite pleased with them given my experience
> with Demon, Chess and Tiscali. They do however have a 2G a month
> weekday cap. But another poster has indicated that bandwidth consumption
> should not be an issue.
>
> Thanks.

Surely, it's an allowance, not a cap that you refer to? If you exceed
the threshhold, you don't lose internet as you can buy more allowance.


From: Fergus McMenemie on 9 Sep 2009 15:46
Jono <nothanks(a)blueyonder.invalid> wrote:

> Fergus McMenemie brought next idea :
>
> >>
> >> What bandwidth cap is this? With Vodaphone?
> >>
> > My ISP is AAISP and I am quite pleased with them given my experience
> > with Demon, Chess and Tiscali. They do however have a 2G a month
> > weekday cap. But another poster has indicated that bandwidth consumption
> > should not be an issue.
> >
> > Thanks.
>
> Surely, it's an allowance, not a cap that you refer to? If you exceed
> the threshhold, you don't lose internet as you can buy more allowance.

Yes. You are right; they just hit me for a few more pounds.
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