Wilson Sleek came in today.
I was able to test the refurbished, discontinued Wilson sleek #460107 ($109 on ebay) during the time that presents me with the most challenges, rush hour. The towers near us service a neighborhood of 30,000 or so, three major expressways and a few shopping centers. The congestion can be so bad that my T-mobile device will show a signal but there will be no connection. We are also sheltered from the towers by other houses, warehouses and high power lines.
With T-Mobile the Sleek brought the signal strength up to full and dropped the dBm by 10, not a big realistic improvement speed wise but it did keep it on line and fast enough for forums and such.
The Sleek also gave my 3G Verizon hotspot a full signal and dropped its dBm a good 20. Here the speed test doubled but double of not much is still not much. .3 Mbps to .6 Mbps.
Sprint uses band 41 which isn't amplified by the Sleek nor can it use the tri band tech. It would have been great if I could have locked it into band 26 that is amplified with a full signal but as soon as I connected that tower booted me and I was back on 41 with a weak signal. In fact the Sprint devices seemed to be hampered by the sleek when on band 41. I'll try getting on 26 later when it wont boot me.
I did test my Cricket phone in the Sleek and it did double the signal and drop the dBm on band 4 too. No speed test because of all our devices, Cricket suffers the least from congestion and almost always hits its throttled speed of 8 Mbps.
The one downside to the Sleek is it gets HOT.
With T-Mobile the Sleek brought the signal strength up to full and dropped the dBm by 10, not a big realistic improvement speed wise but it did keep it on line and fast enough for forums and such.
The Sleek also gave my 3G Verizon hotspot a full signal and dropped its dBm a good 20. Here the speed test doubled but double of not much is still not much. .3 Mbps to .6 Mbps.
Sprint uses band 41 which isn't amplified by the Sleek nor can it use the tri band tech. It would have been great if I could have locked it into band 26 that is amplified with a full signal but as soon as I connected that tower booted me and I was back on 41 with a weak signal. In fact the Sprint devices seemed to be hampered by the sleek when on band 41. I'll try getting on 26 later when it wont boot me.
I did test my Cricket phone in the Sleek and it did double the signal and drop the dBm on band 4 too. No speed test because of all our devices, Cricket suffers the least from congestion and almost always hits its throttled speed of 8 Mbps.
The one downside to the Sleek is it gets HOT.
