Cellphone boosters
I have a great site. It is a waterfront site. The problem is, no cell service. It is weird, but some areas have some service but we have none. Anyone know of cell phone boosters that will work where ...
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first, which carrier? between verizon and ATT (and the others that use either verizon or ATT signalling) we often find one or the other will give a good signal, but not both when we are in remote locations. easiest solution is if one gives a good signal use that carrier. That's why our cell phones are Verizon and our car is on ATT.
Second, boosters require a minimum signal level to be able to get you a useable signal. Signal level needs to be around -140/150db or better for a booster to work. -140db with a booster will get you a signal around -110db which is adequate for voice and text. -140db will generally not give you a useable signal w/o a booster.
And you may find a booster will give you good voice but not data. In one spot we visit signal level is around -130db, booster gets it to -90db or so, but signal is only voice (1x) no data other than messaging.
And "bars" is generally not a good indicator of actual signal strength. use a app that gives you actual signal strength for voice and data channels.
We have a weboost system that I can use with either an omnidirectional antenna or a directional yagi. Does it work everywhere? NOPE. Does it give me a useable voice/text signal in very marginal conditions or when there is no service w/o a booster? YES in many cases, but not all.
Finally I've found that if I need a booster for data, even with a booster data rate is generally much slower than areas that don't need a booster.
Second, boosters require a minimum signal level to be able to get you a useable signal. Signal level needs to be around -140/150db or better for a booster to work. -140db with a booster will get you a signal around -110db which is adequate for voice and text. -140db will generally not give you a useable signal w/o a booster.
And you may find a booster will give you good voice but not data. In one spot we visit signal level is around -130db, booster gets it to -90db or so, but signal is only voice (1x) no data other than messaging.
And "bars" is generally not a good indicator of actual signal strength. use a app that gives you actual signal strength for voice and data channels.
We have a weboost system that I can use with either an omnidirectional antenna or a directional yagi. Does it work everywhere? NOPE. Does it give me a useable voice/text signal in very marginal conditions or when there is no service w/o a booster? YES in many cases, but not all.
Finally I've found that if I need a booster for data, even with a booster data rate is generally much slower than areas that don't need a booster.
