I had high hopes for Sprint’s Airave. Too high.

Airave is what’s known as a femtocell, a scaled-down version of those useful but unsightly towers that convey phone calls from your handset to the network. Unlike the palm-tree disguised structures that pockmark neighborhoods, femtocells are small decent to fit on your desk and rather than covering a radius of several miles, they’re designed to boost network dead spots in a home or office.

Available from Sprint Nextel since

July 30, Airave was the first femtocell aimed at consumers in the U.S. The Samsung device goes for $100 and costs an additional $5 to $25 a month, in conjunction with an existing Sprint wireless calling plan. Sprint says Airave will give you excellent wireless reception within up to 5,000 feet [think 14 football fields]. whether successful, Airave would be a welcome remedy to Sprint’s chronic network spottiness.

Patchy, Insecure Coverage

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