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I haven't read much about this, but I don't see how AT&T can justify charging you for the base station hardware as well as its continued use. If using the devic

I haven't read much about this, but I don't see how AT&T can justify charging you for the base station hardware as well as its continued use. If using the device does not use any of their services or network and is ONLY between your cell phone and ISP, what benefit does AT&T bring that warrants them charging you for using two goods/services (the micro-cell base station and your ISP's bandwidth) that you have already paid for? This is a classic bait and switch, as far as I can tell.

wmf 16y ago
The prevailing theory is that AT&T is too incompetent to meter traffic based on source; since the double-billing is not intentional they don't have to justify it. Of course, now that they've been informed of the problem they have to either fix it or somehow justify not fixing it (I predict that "it's not cost-effective to rewrite the billing system to save a few dollars for a few people using femtos the wrong way").
- chrisbolt 16y ago
  They can definitely meter traffic based on source. You can get unlimited free calling with your microcell for $20/month.