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I've been using a Sprint AIRAVE*[1] in my home for almost three years. This product seems to do something similar but without the requirement of your home network

It's been a must have for my in now both a low-income city and rural New Jersey. Without the extra signal support I am constantly dropping calls and having the audio cut out.

https://www.sprint.com/landings/airave/

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I was a long-time Airave user. I always had problems with the device not getting a GPS lock and thus refusing to work. When I got a Galaxy S5 with WiFi calling I stopped relying on the Airave. I've since moved to Project Fi and haven't looked back.

This new device looks like it receives service from a nearby Sprint tower and uses it to serve your home/office. That wouldn't have worked at my home where it was nigh impossible to get Sprint service even when outdoors.

I had a Sprint AIRAVE. It needs GPS to tell it where it is. Not just at setup, but constantly. That's strange. It also has the serious defect that it publishes itself as a strong cell site even if it loses its Internet connection. So if your Internet connection goes down, so does your cell service, until you unplug the thing.

TDMA needs accurate clocks to work. All cell sites have GPS receivers in them for time signal reception.

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