Yep, AT&T is finally tired of everybody complaining about a hundred dollar phone bill and no reception. So there answer is push it off on the consumer and make them pay more if they actually want get cell phone reception for their iPhones.  Sounds crazy, yes we know, but it is very true and coming to store near you, sooner than you think.

Verizon has been playing around with this idea for some time, but recently AT&T has hooked up with technowhiz Cisco to create miniature cell phone towers to boost reception, that you can buy and place in your home or office to get the cell phone service you are already paying for.  Well, these little “Mini Cells” as they are being called, are not really cell phone towers they require an internet connection and using your existing internet connection pipe you calls through the backbone of the web.  The end results is crystal clear reception.

If  you are one of the AT&T customers who can’t make a phone call from your home, this may be the answer you have been looking for.  However, your minutes will rack up on your bill all the same, even though you have to buy the device and pay for an internet connection to use it.  Not the best idea AT&T, maybe you could just build a network that is worth a damn.  Actually due to some recent public fillings it is now public information that AT&T plans to spend 8 Billion dollars in the next year to upgrade their network, so if you can wait, yo may not even need one of these devices.   However, the concept is interesting and if you don’t want to rack up the minutes there is supposed to be a $20/month unlimited feature too.

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