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Old Nov 18, 2010 | 6:33 pm
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Originally Posted by Dubai Stu
Everyone else's femtocells also have a GPS chip in them and you can't use the unit outside your coverage area.
Originally Posted by nmenaker
I've use the AT&T one outside my calling area, on the east coast before. I know it won't do 911 calls properly, but the calls still come through.
It's not limited to being in your calling area. It's limited to being in an area where AT&T offers service. You couldn't take it to England and use it there, for example.

Personally, I like T-mobile's approach: build the capability into the phone to make calls over any wifi network that can connect to T-mobile's VOIP servers.
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