[GRLUG] cell phone question

[Mike Williams]

I don't know anything about Republic Wireless in particular, but that 
type of system can work and work well. I use T-Mobile for my mobile 
service, and when I'm at home (if I want) the phone call connects over 
my local wifi rather than the cell network. It works fine, with good 
quality and reliability. My land line is T-mobile at home, which they no 
longer sell, but it's basically VOIP (technically GSM or GRE or some 
such) and also works well. The only problem is that I can't transition a 
call-in-progress from wifi to cellular or the other way.

On 11/18/2011 09:58 PM, Benjamin Flanders wrote:
> 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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