CAT | FemtoJack
I am very sad to write today that Ymax announced that they will not be coming out with the femtoJack as originally planned. I knew something was up because they were suppose to come out with the femtoJack last year but never did imagine that they would totally cancel their plans for it. It’s to bad because I had big plans to make this the #1 femtoJack guide on the website, outside of the official site of course.
I can’t seem to figure out why in the world Ymax would cancel this product because to me it seems like it could be even bigger than the magic Jack. Who wouldn’t want unlimited minutes while at home on their cell phone? My only inclination is that it had to do with them using cell signals and the cell companies raised a huge stink over it and that’s just to bad. It’s crazy to me that these companies greed and desire for profitability causes the femtoJack to never even come into existence.
In the article I read it did however state that they are coming out with a magic Jack plus, which is an updated version of the previous magic Jack. The article I read said that there were a whole bunch of new features but the only one I remember was that it didn’t have to be hooked up to a computer like the old magic Jack.
With the femtoJack’s cancellation I’m not sure what I’m going to do with this site. I’ll probably throw some ads up since it gets a bit of traffic and then I dunno. Perhaps I will expand on VoIP services, maybe about the magic Jack. Or maybe I won’t do anything with it.
What a shame that we won’t be seeing the femtoJack!!!
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When I was thinking about the femtoJack the other day I realized that it has an added benefit that not many people are talking about. This added feature is the ability to work as a cell phone signal booster.
In my previous post about the femtoJack I said that the femtoJack uses femtocell technology which means that it makes its own mini cell network in order to wirelessly pick up and transmit calls. Then, since it has been established that the femtoJack works with cell phones we can infer that even if someone doesn’t have a normal cell signal in their home they will still be able to make calls from their mobile phone.
Maybe I wasn’t clear enough previously but the femtoJack can work with any GSM phone even if it isn’t activated with a service provider. This means that the ability for the GSM phone to work with the femtoJack is 100% and completely independent of the persons mobile carrier. The end result is that whether or not a true cell signal is present your mobile phone will work if a femtoJack is present. The end affect of this is equal to or better than that of a cell phone signal booster without a booster actually being present.
Wow is all I have to say about this. Unlimited minutes from my mobile phone while at home for only $20 a year and a guaranteed perfect signal, this is simply amazing.
Ymax Corporation, the company that is known for providing the cheapest phone service in the world has once again come up with a super product that is sure to be a big hit. This new product is being called the femtoJack and is expected to be widely available to consumers in roughly 6 months time.
Like is predecessor, the magicJack, the femtoJack allows its users to get unlimited local and long distance calling to anywhere in the United States or Canada for one low fee of $20 per year. In order to get the device and one year of service it will initially cost about $40 with the $20 per year cost being for any subsequent years of service. The femtoJack and magicJack are also similar in that they are both small USB devices that are designed for extremely simple ‘plug and play’ use and they both use magicJack VoIP network for calls.
Despite the startling similarities there is one major difference between the magicJack and femtoJack that makes the femtoJack an ‘out of this world’ product. The difference is that instead of working by way of traditional phone (like the magicJack) the femtoJack is designed to work with any cell phone that employs GSM technology (that means any AT&T or T-Mobile phone). What this means to users is that when you are at home you can make unlimited calls through your cell phone without having to use any of your precious plan minutes. While in range of your femtoJack all calls are routed through it and onto magicJack’s VoIP network.
The femtoJack doesn’t employ a new type of technology that hasn’t been seen yet but rather uses femtocell technology which has been around for a short while now. What happens is the femto Jack makes its own small cell network that is only large enough for ones house. Then when you make a call, instead of going through a cell network, the femtoJack will pick up the call and route it over a VoIP network. The result, as stated before, is unlimited minutes for $20 a year while in range of the femtoJack.
Despite femtocells being around for sometime now the femtoJack is the first one that I have seen that truly makes sense. There are other ones out there but they are way to expensive for both the device and the monthly usage fee. I am so excited for the release of the femtoJack and can’t wait. It’s release could finally cause the slowly dying traditional land line phone to go away all together. Something that I see as long overdue.
What do you think about the femtoJack? Are you excited? Would you be willing to give it a try?
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