Does anyone have experience with devices that boost your cell signal? Recently moved to a home in the country and our phone signal is spotty at best. Do these really work or are we better off getting a land line?
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Not sure what your carrier is but sprint has a device you plug into your internet connection at home that will allow you to get unlimited calls and data while using it. Think it cost like 50-80 bucks and $5 a month to add it to your bill. Other carriers may offer something similar as well.
Yes, Verizon has these and they wok well if you have an Internet connection. I was looking for a solution to boost my signal at the lake (southwest Iowa) where we don't have Internet and Verizon coverage sucks. I tried a Wilson Electronics booster that I paid close to $200 for and it does absolutely nothing. They are a total scam.
We have a steel roof at work and some cell companies were inaccessible. We installed a small repeater thing like these that supported two frequencies and it works well for two of the main carriers in the area.
I don't have information on which one we installed - PM me if you'd like me to look it up.
Switch to US Cellular, all your signal problems in the state of Iowa will be solved. I live in the middle of ******* no where, the nearest Walmart is a 30 minute drive, the nearest town has 300 people in it. Plus I live in a valley, and I always have full bars.
Free cell service? How do you get that?
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I was leaning towards one of those but wondered how effective they were. Thanks for the heads up.
I decided to go this route. Pretty pricey. $250 off of their website. There were a lot of positive reviews of it though. If it works as well as they claim it'll be worth every penny.
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To add a little to my previous comment now that I have some time, I think I paid $200 for the network extender but there was a $100 rebate, IIRC.
Basically, as long as your wifi is working, you'll have a crystal clear in your house.
The only problem you can encounter, is that you are not able to switch from the extender to regular service during a call. So if you're on your phone and are leaving your house, you will drop the call as you leave the extender's range, and have to call the person back when you switch over to cell coverage.
for those that have Sprint, they provide their booster the Airrave for free if you have trouble with signal in your home of office. 5 bars inside the house.
I did some checking and this is what we use
Amazon.com: zBoost YX-510 Cell Phone Signal Booster Dual-Band Unit for Home or Office: Cell Phones & Accessories
Our setup ended up costing around $500-$700 because we used two high gain (not the standard) antannea and pointed them at the appropriate carriers' towers.
It works very well.