wilson electronics 4G-X RV cellular signal booster
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Aug-22-2019 01:28 PM
THX
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Aug-27-2019 09:43 PM
The bad situation we experienced this week was a location with one distant base station, close enough to give marginal voice and a campground with 300+ sites......... unboosted signal level for verizon or ATT was around -125db. marginal for voice, not much use for any web access. So...... even with the booster and signal levels near -70db (very good) voice was now great, texting was great, messages with pictures fine, web access, well in the morning and near lunch or dinner very very very slow. Often slow enough for browser to time out. base station was overloaded. in between times web access was marginally adequate for most uses. No way to stream video. The base station also served a significant portion of the local town.
Turns out both Verizon and ATT had similar poor reception and with our verizon phones and web was virtually the same as friends with ATT phones when they used our trailer for phone/text/web hot spots.
My overall experience with the wilson RV unit, which I've used for several years, is that it very often will get you voice and adequate web access in remote location. But don't expect it to get you the ability to stream anything.
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Aug-23-2019 12:43 PM
In any event I hope that they improved on the design.
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Aug-23-2019 10:18 AM
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Aug-23-2019 09:51 AM
I did not keep it due to the much bulkier package and double the power requirements.
2003 Ford Expedition with 435w tilting portable/ TS-MPPT-45
750w solar , TS-MPPT-60 on the trailer
675 Ah bank, Trip-lite 1250fc inverter
Sportsman 2200w inverter generator
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Aug-23-2019 08:33 AM
https://learntorv.com/netgear-hotspot-antenna/
It plugs directly into your hotspot.
My family and I fulltime and all of our TV content is streamed from Hulu, Netflix, Amazon Prime, and YouTube. I have both a Verizon Jetpack and an AT&T Hotspot device depending on which provider has better service.
There are cases when the booster can help, but for the most part- this antenna beats it.
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Aug-23-2019 08:20 AM
I dislike the "broadcast" side antenna on mine. You have to be not closer than 15 inches--but not farther than 30 inches for best results.
The external antenna needs to be a long way from the internal antenna as well.
The external antenna needs to be on a metal plate to provide a ground plane. I use a pizza pan from a dollar store.
I have one phone I use mostly for data. I've had good success putting it in a plastic bag after activating the wifi hotspot feature and placing it as high as I can get it on a nearby tree.
My ride is a 28 foot Class C, 256 watts solar, 556 amp-hours of Telcom jars, 3000 watt Magnum hybrid inverter, Sola Basic Autoformer, Microair Easy Start.
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Aug-23-2019 06:09 AM
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Aug-22-2019 06:30 PM
pinesman wrote:
I have a WeBoost system on my house which is in a very rural area and it drastically improves reception. I also have a steel shop where I had no reception. I did not want to spend $500 for another WeBoost so I took a chance on a $50 unit on ebay. I really can't tell much difference in the $500 unit in the house and the $50 unit in my shop. I am not saying the WeBoost is not better, just saying in my case there is not much difference. I just was not willing to accept that Wilson/WeBoost is the only company with the technology to boost a phone signal.
Could we get some before / after speed test or dB numbers?
Does it have an amp or is it an antenna?
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Aug-22-2019 06:23 PM
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Aug-22-2019 04:07 PM
In metropolitan areas, it usually increases signal strength but has minimal to no impact on data speed - and in many cases it has REDUCED speed. I suspect this is due to network congestion and the MIMO operation of modern hotspots.
In rural/remote areas, I have seen some good improvement in both signal and speed. It boosted a practically unusable signal to an acceptable level. As the carriers increase coverage, these situations are far less frequent today than several years ago.
If you're in a place with no signal at all, it won't help.
All in all, I would get one again since I need the connectivity for business. It's definitely nice to have on the few occasions when I needed it.
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Aug-22-2019 02:24 PM
I have an ATT based WiFi puck and two Verizon iPhone 8’s.
To answer your question, I can give you a firm maybe.
There are many factors besides signal strength. Many “Unlimited” plans aren’t really unlimited; they will throttle you at certain data levels or cell tower traffic so strength isn’t always the challenge. Where I’m at now, I was seeing 15-20 mbs data rates then it slowed down until evening. It happened almost daily.
So I bought the OTR.com unlimited ATT puck. No throttling or caps or contract, $60/mo.
Back to the Weboost. It ALWAYS has improved data speed so far even when I have four bars. Where it REALLY shines is when you have a poor, weak slow connection.
I have several times had speeds so slow Facebook wouldn’t load. Setup the Weboost and get 5-10 MBs or better. Fast enough for streaming HD.
Totally repeatable. Plug it in and your good, unplug it and it’s .5 MBs.
I would totally buy again.