XPost: sci.electronics.repair, alt.home.repair   
   From: harold@example.com   
      
   On Tue, 23 Jan 2018 14:35:25 -0800, The Real Bev wrote:   
      
   >> The question came up in another discussion by "The Real Bev" whether the   
   >> repeater or femtocell can "realistically" be "moved" to a second or third   
   >> location.   
   >>    
   >   
   > For me, that question is moot: "T-Mobile 4G LTE CellSpot is available to   
   > current postpaid and simple choice customers. Prepaid customers cannot   
   > currently request a 4G LTE CellSpot."  I assume this is the repeater.   
   >   
   > https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-24269   
   >   
   > Supposedly there's a deposit, and you have to return the thing when you   
   > cancel service.   
      
   Yes, there is "supposedly" a deposit, just like there is a SIM card fee of   
   something like $15, but T-Mobile has *never* charged me either, and I get a   
   *lot* of SIM cards from them, and two of these "cell spot" devices.   
      
   BTW, from a branding perspective, "Cell Spot" is sort of like "iPhone".   
   They use that "cell spot" name for *different* things.   
      
   Both of my devices are *called* a "personal cellspot:, but they're   
   different.   
      
      
   One is a repeater.   
   The other is a femtotower.   
      
   Both make an astoundingly huge difference in signal strength!   
      
      
   > I assume this is the repeater.   
   > https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-24269   
      
   No. That's the free femtocell that plugs into your router.   
      
   The "repeater" is the two-piece unit called "4G LET Signal Booster":   
      
      
   You see two of them in that photo because I complained to T-Mobile about it   
   not working and they sent me a new one by next-day delivery.   
      
   The femtocell is the one on the right called "4G LTE CellSpot".   
      
   > Supposedly there's a deposit,   
      
   They "waived" the supposed deposit for me and for *every* one of my   
   relatives who got it (more than one). So I don't think there "is" a   
   deposit, in practice.   
      
   > and you have to return the thing when you cancel service.   
      
   I think they said they'd charge me $400 if I didn't return it when they ask   
   for it, e.g., when they sent me a second repeater (aka signal booster).   
      
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