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Does AT&T realize that as soon as ANY other carrier gets the iPhone, there will be a mass exodus? With all the bad press (just read MG Siegler's article in Tech Crunch about not getting voicemail for 2 weeks) and the apparent inability to have the network keep up with the iPhone (MMS????) they either don't care or don't get it.
The game has changed. It's not about the providers giving users any piece of crap hardware that they have anymore. It's more about the users wanting the hardware and using any network that gives good service.
Stan

I meant to include this in the previous post.
Skype's unlimited rate for outgoing calls to cells and landlines (US and Canada) is $36.00 per year.
If you get this subscription, the cost for a Skype-in phone number is $30.00 per year (a 50% discount)
So my total will be $66.00 per year or $5.50 per month.
If ATT wants to charge this for a femtocell :-) I'd get that instead.
Stan (disclaimer I have NO connection with Skype)

It seems (as I read more and more "ATT no-service" forums) that there are two issues:
1. Many people (myself included) love their iPhones and won't give them up (even with lousy service at home.) These people will do whatever it takes to keep the iPhone including buying zBoost units (I did). ATT should pay a commission to zBoost. I can get a signal at home if I stand a few feet from the zBoost. Obviously, this is a lousy solution. Buying the zBoost was a good solution in that it was a one-time cost. This brings up the femtocell issue which, if all indications are correct, is NOT a one-time cost, but rather a recurring monthly fee.
I am out of the house for about 9 hours per day. During this time away from the "ATT Dead Zone" my service is excellent. I would be happy paying ATT for those 9 hours and letting the remainder of my monthly bill go toward the femtocell. I don't even mind that ATT would expect me to pay monthly for a femtocell which is connected to a high-speed connection that I pay Comcast to put in my home.
I'd even switch to FIOS if the femtocell was included.
ATT still has the "rental" mentality (you may not be old enough to remember when the only landline hardware was that which you rented from Ma Bell). This rental model has again shown up in the ATT Navigation app. $9.95 a month? Can't wait for the TomTom app which should (as a one-time cost) effectively kill the ATT app. The femtocell will be another "rental."
2. Second issue (in case I lost you). People are willing to accept these problems instead of being proactive: i.e. Class action, AG contact, etc.). Anyone have an idea why?

I've decided not to go the femtocell route and take this direction. Maybe some of you will also. My solution will be this when I'm at home:
a. Forward the iPhone to a Skype-in number when Skype releases a version with push notification (should be sooner rather than later)
b. Use the iPhone Skype app for outgoing calls to cells and landlines with Skype-out.

Since my wifi is very strong all through the house and yard this will work perfectly.

Thanks for reading
Stan