To me it is a symbolic gesture that AT&T doesn't want to pay to upgrade their terrible network, so they would rather the customers pay to buy and install their

To me it is a symbolic gesture that AT&T doesn't want to pay to upgrade their terrible network, so they would rather the customers pay to buy and install their own femtocells. I, for one, will refuse to buy one. If AT&T on the other hand wants to provide one free of charge, and pay me a reasonable fee of $25 per month for 2 gigabytes of bandwidth, I will be happy to host it for them.