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> She just needs a microcell/femtocell. Those come with their own set of problems. In particular, they have to be able to receive a GPS signal, which is often
by lisper 1y ago
> She just needs a microcell/femtocell.
Those come with their own set of problems. In particular, they have to be able to receive a GPS signal, which is often not possible in mountainous terrain. I had a microcell for years and it was nightmarishly unreliable. Not only would it regularly (but randomly) just stop working, it would give absolutely no indication of why it was not working.
- PaulDavisThe1st 1y agoThey do not have to receive GPS, but it causes issues for e911 service if they do not. It has no impact on anything else, at least not the T-Mobile version.
- lisper 1y agoThe one I had, an AT&T Microcell, which was the only model offered by my cell provider, refused to work without a GPS signal.
- EvanAnderson 1y agoSimilar experience here a few years ago w/ a Verizon microcell device. It wouldn't service clients w/o a GPS fix.
- reaperducer 1y agoThe one I had, an AT&T Microcell, which was the only model offered by my cell provider, refused to work without a GPS signal. Strange, because my AT&T Microcell didn't require a GPS signal. I kept it in the cabinet under the sink deep inside a large apartment building where there's no way it could get a GPS signal. I haven't used since I moved a few years ago. Perhaps it's changed.
- lisper 1y agoSee: https://paulstamatiou.com/review-att-3g-microcell https://paulstamatiou.com/review-att-3g-microcell "After giving the MicroCell some power and ethernet, it will start blinking the 3G and GPS LEDs. Wait, what.. GPS? Yep. To limit the MicroCell from working outside of test markets (or out of the country too), it must get a GPS lock on your location. AT&T suggests this should take no longer than 90 minutes. It took me about 5 hours." And this was the fundamental problem: there was absolutely no way to know if progress was being made or if it was going to run forever. It was literally a real-world Halting Problem.
- jiveturkey 1y agoMaybe https://av.tib.eu/media/36387 https://av.tib.eu/media/36387 or https://www.eevblog.com/forum/rf-microwave/sdr-as-gps-emulator/ https://www.eevblog.com/forum/rf-microwave/sdr-as-gps-emulat... is a possibility.