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Rumor: AT&T giving 3G MicroCells to long-standing customers

by Dave Caolo (Jul 12th, 2010)

Engadget is reporting that one of its readers, Jason, received a letter from AT&T offering him a free 3G MicroCell with no strings attached. He brought the letter to the store and sure enough it was honored, even thought the sales team was baffled as to why he got it. The letter addresses ...

AT&T MicroCell brings more bars, but at a cost

by Mel Martin (May 12th, 2010)

Sadly, I'm one of the poor souls who has close to zero cell coverage in my house. It's partly the way my home is constructed, and partly because the city fathers in the area I live in are going real slow about approving new cell towers. The result is that I usually have one bar displayed on my ...

AT&T rolling out MicroCell to five more markets

by Steven Sande (Feb 26th, 2010)

We've previously written about AT&T's MicroCell device and service here at TUAW. It's a tiny cell tower that you plug into your home cable or DSL connection to boost your phone reception. This is particularly handy for those with home offices who may currently be plagued with poor reception on ...

Guest post: Setting up an AT&T MicroCell with Murphy Mac

by TUAW Blogger (Oct 2nd, 2009)

Editor's Note: We welcome guest poster Murphy Mac, a long-time friend of the site who shared with us his experience of setting up one of the new femtocell AT&T repeaters that promise to improve reception for well-heeled iPhone users... or will they? Good times for Charlotte, North Carolina: ...

AT&T poised to roll out 3G MicroCell service

by Steven Sande (Sep 22nd, 2009)

For many iPhone owners in the U.S., the fact that you're tied to AT&T as the wireless carrier has been a serious problem. As an example, until this week, I was lucky if I got 2 bars of signal strength on EDGE at my house and I never had 3G service. Now, for some inexplicable reason, I'm able to ...