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Femtocell coming to O2?

Anonymous — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:40:20 GMT

Anyone know anything about Femtocell becoming available to O2?

I just checked the 'future network coverage' map on the O2 web-site for our area, and it shows that we are to get 'Standard' coverage in the future. Fab, I thought, at last I won't have to place my phone in a specific spot in our bedroom to get a single bar of signal. 'Standard coverage' is described as allowing music streaming, MMS, SMS etc.

I then look at the map again to see that our current coverage is described as Standard! WTF? This has to be a joke, if O2 actually thinks that we receive anything like a decent standard they are either living in cloud cuckoo land, or (more likely) massaging their data to make it look like their coverage is better than it really is.

We live close to an international golf resort, and when there is a competition playing, we strangely get a vastly improved signal. As soon as the journalists and TV crews have left, down goes the signal again.

Anyway, Vodafone are offering a Femtocell technology base station, to allow you to have your very own full strength signal, utilising your broadband connection to carry the data.

O2 were supposed to be trialling this technology a year or two ago, but I've not heard anything from them. Anyone know if/when we may get the same sort of setup as Vodafone. It's only because we use iPhones that I'm still with O2. I do a lot of international roaming, and my wife can't get a useable signal at home.

Skype has been a life-saver, but it would be far more convenient to actually get a proper phone signal at our house - you know, like wot O2 say we can already! :womanindifferent:

Femtocell coming to O2?

Anonymous — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:59:20 GMT

Sorry to burst yous (and my) bubbles, but "there are no immediate plans" to add femtocells.

😞 Looks like we are both left in the lurch and urchin with reception 😞

Femtocell coming to O2?

Anonymous — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:40:42 GMT

Thanks for that CT2'- Guess we'll be moving to V'fone just as soon as O2 lose their stranglehold on the iPhone.

Still, what do O2 care about just one more customer? 😞

Femtocell coming to O2?

Anonymous — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:13:28 GMT

Thanks for that CT2'- Guess we'll be moving to V'fone just as soon as O2 lose their stranglehold on the iPhone.
Still, what do O2 care about just one more customer? 😞

😞 I know how you feel, and will be following suit as you, if I don't get the iPhone 3G S, or voda gets iPhone.

Femtocell

Anonymous — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:38:41 GMT

Yep ......... I'm also thinking it may be worth moving to Vodafone if O2 don't move on this.

Maybe worth taking a look at www.femtonow.com

Femtocell coming to O2?

Anonymous — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:36:48 GMT

I have extremely poor O2 reception in my house too, both cells are too far down hill.

Sadly I will be moving back to T-Mobile once my O2 contract runs out as reception at home is too unreliable. I would consider staying if O2 offered me a femtocell option so my phone does not keep losing the connection all the time.

Femtocell coming to O2?

adamtemp64 — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 08:34:38 GMT

viewtopic.php?t=13035 is another thread

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