Verizon has a holiday gift idea that extends your Verizon gifts from last year, the Network 
Extender, a mini-cell site that uses broadband so that you can get reception where there is broadband access.
This year, give a gift that will spread cheer long after the holiday
decorations have been taken down: Network Extender from Verizon
Wireless. The "mini-cell site" is:
- Easy to wrap -- it's the size of a medium-sized ladies' purse (7.8" x 5.8" x 2.1")
- Easy to set up and use right out of the box -- in a matter of minutes, the wireless signal inside any home can be enhanced
Network Extender routes Verizon Wireless calls through a home
broadband Internet connection, improving indoor coverage in an area of
up to 5,000 square feet. Network Extender is ideal for customers who
could use the gift of enhanced wireless signal when they make voice
calls, send text/picture/video messages, access Mobile Web, or access
smartphone/BlackBerry data in houses with structural barriers or
basement rooms or some remote, mountainous or hilly areas.
Network
Extender also can provide improved network access for customers living
on the geographical fringes of the Verizon Wireless network.*
Customers,
their Family SharePlan members and other Verizon Wireless customers
can use their current phones and calling plans to place calls using the
Network Extender. Customers also can manage access to their Network
Extender through the account management feature on their My Verizon
online account.
Verizon
Wireless' Network Extender is available for $199.99, plus local taxes,
after the mail-in rebate. When ordering online or through telesales,
the mail-in rebate form will be included in the Network Extender box
when shipped.
Customers purchasing Network Extender at Communications
Stores will receive the rebate form as part of the purchase. Customers
will receive the $50 rebate as a debit card; upon receipt, the card can
be used as cash anywhere debit cards are accepted.
Customers
do not need to update their plans or add minutes and will incur no
additional monthly charges for calls using Network Extend