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I got an email from Sprint to send me a femtocell (Casa Pebble) to use for free. I’m wondering if anyone understands these enough to help me understand what this would do for me given that I already use my WiFi when I’m home.
The unit plugs into your router (or uses WiFi) and is supposed to improve your LTE signal so you get better data speed and quality. However, it just doesn’t make sense to me why the would even offer this. I don’t get a good signal at home so I have my phone set to use WiFi when I’m home. So it seems like the only benefit of the is to help Sprint improve their signal in this area. But even then, I don’t see how this would help much given it’s limited range of 5000 sq ft per their web site.
One thing their site did say is that it would allow me to get video and texts while talking on the phone. That may be helpful, but I don’t even think I’ve ever tried to do that since I don’t recall that ever being an issue.
Am I missing something?
The unit plugs into your router (or uses WiFi) and is supposed to improve your LTE signal so you get better data speed and quality. However, it just doesn’t make sense to me why the would even offer this. I don’t get a good signal at home so I have my phone set to use WiFi when I’m home. So it seems like the only benefit of the is to help Sprint improve their signal in this area. But even then, I don’t see how this would help much given it’s limited range of 5000 sq ft per their web site.
One thing their site did say is that it would allow me to get video and texts while talking on the phone. That may be helpful, but I don’t even think I’ve ever tried to do that since I don’t recall that ever being an issue.
Am I missing something?