Cell phone antenna booster
I purchased a reasonably priced cell phone booster on Amazon but am not pleased with it or the support. What brand should I have bought?
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DarkSkySeeker wrote:
I have a WeBoost too. Works well to get a signal. Oddly though - they need some signal to work. So, if there's a signal of 3 bars or more, you don't need it. If there are one or two bars it works. No bars? No worky.
Not as much interior range of.the rebroadcasted signal as they advertise. For RV-ing, we bought a flag pole mast at Harbor Freight.
Bars are a very inaccurate indication of signal strength. Go to phone settings and look for actual signal strength. I've used Weboost on multiple phones, if signal is -110db or better I can expect it go to -80db, a very adequate signal.
Some phones will show no bars at -110, others will show several bars. Problem is -110db is very close to no reception.
As for interior reception, yes, best thing is to use a cradle antenna. If your in a very marginal situation, regardless of booster, phone on top of interior antenna is the only way to go. No reason to get 30-40db of boost then throw most of it away again being 10ft from an interior antenna.- I have a WeBoost too. Works well to get a signal. Oddly though - they need some signal to work. So, if there's a signal of 3 bars or more, you don't need it. If there are one or two bars it works. No bars? No worky.
Not as much interior range of the rebroadcasted signal as they advertise. For RV-ing, we bought a flag pole mast at Harbor Freight. - I use SureCall RV 3.0 (it is on Amazon). Works very well.
- We too have a WeBoost and have found that if there's a little signal, it'll do a good enough job that you will have service. If no signal at all, it won't work.
- I bought a Weboost Drive RV by Wilson. About $550.
It works well where it can. These systems only help when you have a weak signal.
Where I tested it, we camp a lot and the cell service is Verizon two bars BUT the speed test only delivered a Mb/sec or less. With the amp and antenna I got 7-8 Mb/s which is usable.
If you have good service or no service don’t expect much.
We prefer rural, lower density areas so I’m crossing fingers.
