Cell booster - what is there besides WeBoost/Wilson

I read something on this few weeks ago
IIRC vzw 5G is on the same bands as current XLTE

My understanding is that 5G will require new hardware. I've also read that the architecture standard is not yet stabilized. Personally I would hold off on 5G phones and equipment until it stabilizes. I'd hope that there is one standard for all but that has not been the past experience with different vendors like Verizon, T Mobile, etc.

Just another WAG on my part.

mobile 5G
Is aways off, VZW is only deploying fixed location 5G at this time and only in a few limited markets
And that is in the 28 gig Hz freq, which IIRC is not used by cell phones currently in use
If you need a mobile booster, find the one you like and get it

TMo was calling their 600mhz service 5g for a while, then stopped... Must have gotten their wrist slapped.
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If you want newest technology booster look at MIMO... That's 2 or more inside and outside antennas. Most modern phones use MIMO to talk to the towers, and can suffer dramatically when run through a single channel booster.

Hope this relates in part to the OP's question. Keep wanting to buy the weboost 4gx-RV but I've read that the indoor antenna only has a range of about 5 feet. That would mean that we could not use our phones sitting comfortably in our chairs in the living room due to where the antenna would normally be placed. Anyone that has one care to comment on this? Tnx.

Belgique wrote:
Hope this relates in part to the OP's question. Keep wanting to buy the weboost 4gx-RV but I've read that the indoor antenna only has a range of about 5 feet. That would mean that we could not use our phones sitting comfortably in our chairs in the living room due to where the antenna would normally be placed. Anyone that has one care to comment on this? Tnx.

the indoor antenna range is highly dependent on how strong the unboosted cell signal is as well as distance from the indoor antenna. The indoor antenna, like any antenna signal strength decreases with distance. In our trailer if the unboosted signal is near -110db the indoor antenna range is 10-15 ft. for good voice if the unboosted signal is near -120db or worse, antenna range is 5-10 ft. for voice, internet can be marginal with this low outside signal at 10ft from the antenna.

with a very low unboosted signal or for good internet the best solution is to use a cell cradle antenna rather than another indoor antenna. As an example with the cradle antenna and the phone in the cradle, with a -120db unboosted signal, my weboost will give a -70db signal level to the phone in the cradle, At the same time using the indoor antenna signal level will be 20db worse.

a signal level around -90db is a plenty strong signal. excellent voice, messaging and internet

-120db will usually give voice coverage but pretty poor internet.

-110db gives good voice, marginal internet.

I use a 2 way splitter, which looses 3db connected to a dome ceiling antenna and a cradle antenna. I put the hotpsot in the cradle and phones use the ceiling antenna. That way we get decent voice along with a very good internet signal.

and put the indoor antenna as close to your "normal" use position as possible.

Dutch_12078 wrote:
The best booster we've used (and still use) is the "Max Amp RV" from Maximum Signal.

Screwy website, talks about a SPRING SALE. Spring ended months ago.

And product photos with granite countertops and the living room carpet as the backdrop.... cheezy!!!

My experience with Wilson/WeBoost is interesting. I wanted a booster for home, we have -105db signal and I was hoping to get some improvement. Emailed to confirm details and right selection, response was my environment should work very well with abc (don't recall exact model) booster. I was ready to purchase and had one more question, so emailed again. Got a response that my signal was too weak to be boosted... I responded that I was told previously (attached previous email to my response) that it would work well. Engineers had it out, WeBoost decision was my signal would not benefit from their products.

I am not planning on buying anything now until I see what happens with 5G.

hawkeye-08 wrote:
My experience with Wilson/WeBoost is interesting.

Ditto.

I emailed them about sending my unit back for repair.

This was their response:

"Thank you for reaching out to us, unfortunately we don't offer any repairs on the booster however if you take it to a local computer repair shop sometimes they can look at the board and see if there are fuses or something internal that has gone bad."

That was by far the most lame email I have ever received about a product.

"take it to a local computer repair shop sometimes they can look at the board and see if there are fuses or something internal that has gone bad"

Not sure how they think a "computer repair shop" would have a clue how to troubleshoot something of this nature, especially without circuit diagrams.... and even if they had them, they wouldn't have a clue.

I received an automated email a few days later asking me to "rate their support"
My response back to them was this:

" Support was pretty lame in my opinion. A "computer repair shop" doesn't have schematics / diagrams, nor troubleshooting equipment to see if "fuse or something else internal has gone bad"

This is the poorest excuse for customer support I have ever encountered for a high cost product.
You are basically giving me the brush off."


They sent this as a response:

"I am very sorry that the shop you went to didn't have the right tools. In some cases they can fix the booster. At this point the only thing we can do is replace the booster if you bought the booster less than two years ago and had the proof of purchase."

I'm not sure where they concluded in my previous emails that I went to a "computer shop"

Anyway, their tech support / product support is laughable at best.