[GRLUG] cell phone question

[Benjamin Flanders]

Has anyone in the group heard about Republic Wireless, and the
wifi/cell phone plan they provide.  I think it sounds intriguing.  I
like the idea of $19 a month plan, but mostly I like the idea of the
wireless/cell phone hybrid.  Right now the verizon coverage in the two
spots I am at all day (home and work) totally blows.  I get dropped
calls, I get calls that don't ring, you name it ... it happens.  If my
phone had wifi (internal femto cell?)  I can get full strength calls.
This would be in the places I am at 90% of the time which all have
great wifi coverage.

My reservations are: this is a new untried business, and the voip
calls.  The last time I used voip, which was probably 8ish years ago,
there was noticeable and rather bad lag.  I understand that calls are
now mostly voip behind the scenes, but that is using multi-thousand
dollar dedicated machines, is consumer hardware near that quality yet.


Share and Enjoy
Ben

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