Do I need a WiFi or cell phone booster?
I have a Verizon MiFi Hotspot that I use when camping. Sometimes I need to boost the signal. Do I need a WiFi booster or a cell phone booster. What would you recommend?
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rr2254545 wrote:
No we have traveled to about 300 parks all over the country since 2009 and 99% of the time I have had Verizon data (MIFI) and phone - You have to get pretty remote to not have service -Like Big Bend National Park - but even there I had service on a hill 2 miles from our campsite last month. I am currently in Van Horn Texas (remote) and I have 4 Bars of 4G on MIFI and phone
X2^^. We have one of the external antennas that plugs into the 4G MiFi. It often makes the difference between data and no data or adds a bar to the signal strength. We only have to pull it out when we're in very remote places, though.
As for Wi-Fi boosters, in my opinion they are not worth the money. They are used to boost park Wi-Fi and you usually end up boosting signal strength on a network that's so over-used or under-resourced that it doesn't have the bandwidth to support what you want to do. In other words, you're amplifying junk.
Rob
