Re: State of the HSL Femtocell support

I myself tried this route as I'm a student looking for an inexpensive way to work with OpenBSC, but... 1: they require a mutual shared NDA before they'll even talk prices; 2: they claim it REQUIRES their proprietary BSC software and thus you must purchase a femtocell developer kit including their A-bis specs and a bunch of stuff you don't need, inflating the price; and 3: they only offer their NDA to companies -- individuals and students need not apply. 4: ... but they DO ship internationally -- GSM1800 only. But looking at the /only/ price they mention - $7200 US for two femtocells and all the software -- why bother? You're better off buying two, maybe three NanoBTS for that price. And I also seem to question my own point #2 -- they first tell me "If you do want to use the HSL Femtocell with an alternative to the HSL BSC..." and then in the latest mail "... our femtocell is designed to be used with our own BSC" making it seem as if you're not supposed to be taking it elsewhere. Le sigh. -DC