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AT&T to test in-home cellphone boosters next year
usatoday.com - 12/10/2008
AT&T to test in-home cellphone boosters next year
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John Stankey, chief executive of AT&T's Operations division, said Tuesday that the company is testing so-called "femtocells" in employees' homes, and is looking at a broader, city-sized test with customers in the second quarter. Femtocells are small boxes that beam low-power wireless signals to ...

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att.com - 12/4/2008
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— att.com — Jump to content. AT&T En Espa ol | Other Languages | Contact Us Residential Small Business Enterprise Solutions Customer Support Corporate Information Search Refine Search Sign-up and Save! Exclusive offers and helpful tips from our ... (more) News Room

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The Definitive Coast-to-Coast 3G Data Test [Review]
gizmodo.com - 12/17/2008
The Definitive Coast-to-Coast 3G Data Test [Review]
— gizmodo.com — After a grueling eight-city coast-to-coast test of the 3G networks run by AT&T;, Sprint and Verizon, we've come up with some clear-cut test results. Think you know who has the best network? Think again. The Test Almost every smartphone and most ... (more) The Definitive Coast-to-Coast 3G Data Test [Review]

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developer.sprint.com - 12/9/2008
Sprint Applications Developer Home Page
— developer.sprint.com — Live chat on Sprint’s Application Developer Program and "Open" Strategy Join Steve Elfman, Sprint President of Network Operations and Wholesale, in a live chat on Sprint’s Application Developer Program and "Open" Strategy on Dec. 18 at 12:30 p.m. ET ... (more) Sprint Applications Developer Home Page

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AT&T to test in-home cellphone boosters next year
textually.org — AT&T; Inc., the country's largest wireless carrier, is testing a technology that can improve the signal available to cellphones in subscribers' homes, and plans to make it available in a trial market next year. [via USA Today] ...

AT&T to setup new cell phone boosters for better in home reception
Newlaunches.com — ... over Wi-Fi routers. Sprint's femtocells are for voice and low-speed data connections, but Stankey said Dallas-based AT is looking at femtocells that provide full cellular broadband, or "3G" speeds. There is no indication yet on how AT ’s cell phone booster will be configured, or how much it will cost. However, if it is anything like that of zboost’s “simple” solution, we won’t be surprised if it requires standing on our roof holding a long metal probe with tin foil on the end. Via

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