Range Extending Cell Phone antenna for TC
Do these things work? Thinking about my next mod and this is on the list. I have at&t and the dw has verizon. Thanks in advance. Nolan
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We bought the Wilson a couple weeks ago and went from one dot to one dot and only 3g. This is at home and after searching all the windows for the best reception boost. We also bought the 'auto' kit which can be used either place. Closer to civilization we get up to 5 dots reception on our ATT account on up to 4g.
The reason we bought the Wilson was because our Hughes Net satellite service is not good at all. The latency is from 3 seconds to 4 minutes, depending. Even having the highest plan available (20Gigs/month) when the g.kids are over with all their electronic devices the allowance drops quickly. So, the way to extend our bandwidth is to attach the iPhone to the wilson and turn on 'personal hotspot' in the settings and buy an upgrade plan with ATT. So, now we have an additional 20 Gigs going through ATT with no latency. There is some weirdness. We live about 20 miles from I-80 going over the Sierra in central CA. This is the location of our tower. During peak hours, like when the ski bums are going back to San Franciso, the service slows way down. A lot of people sucking on the bandwidth. Off hours, we're good.
I have not used it yet in the TC, but later this winter will be the test. We'll see.
jefe
The reason we bought the Wilson was because our Hughes Net satellite service is not good at all. The latency is from 3 seconds to 4 minutes, depending. Even having the highest plan available (20Gigs/month) when the g.kids are over with all their electronic devices the allowance drops quickly. So, the way to extend our bandwidth is to attach the iPhone to the wilson and turn on 'personal hotspot' in the settings and buy an upgrade plan with ATT. So, now we have an additional 20 Gigs going through ATT with no latency. There is some weirdness. We live about 20 miles from I-80 going over the Sierra in central CA. This is the location of our tower. During peak hours, like when the ski bums are going back to San Franciso, the service slows way down. A lot of people sucking on the bandwidth. Off hours, we're good.
I have not used it yet in the TC, but later this winter will be the test. We'll see.
jefe
