Better cell service in my house

Just a thought. we have outdoor antennas for digital tv reception and also range boosters/repeaters for other signals so why not a combination for cell phones. Seems it would be a money maker. And would make for many happy customers.

 

I know at least with AT&T there is a Cell Phone Signal Booster you can get for better cell service in your home. I know nothing about Verizon.

 

Hey Laura, over here after market 3G/4G signal boosters are generally illegal but Optus (one of the main telcos) market a signal booster product called home zone that takes you from less than 1 bar reception to 5 bar reception. Over here some of my friends who live in the mountains of the Dandenong Ranges in a well known black spot reception area had it set up for about Au$75 after rebates and offers were deducted. My friends say it works most of the time really great but in really stormy weather or whenever their broadband connection is slower than 128kb/s then it doesn't work at all
Here is a link explaining the Optus system (video).
It is a mostly a hardware based solution which is probably available elsewhere.

Footnote: It adds somewhere between 1.5GB and 2.5GB data usage to your broadband account. Also if you are torrenting or downloading heavily on your pc and your network speed goes below 128kb/s then it drops out and you no longer have 3G coverage :cool :major

 

Must be legal in US since AT&T sell or rent you the signal box.

 

I totally understand not wanting to spend a bundle on something that might not work that well. I know a few people that use or have used the AT&T signal box and all got different results, some good, some marginal.
Good luck!

 

I should have added to my previous post that the reason my friend's Home Zone is unreliable in storms is because the phone lines and and the power lines are run above ground on power poles and they live in the middle of a forest on the side of a mountain. During storms the phone and power lines come down due to broken branches or trees falling down so when the lines are down they don't have either internet or power. Otherwise the system is very good and gives them 5 bars reception for their mobile phones all over their ½ acre property.

Out here everything is double or triple the price so in the USA it is probably a fraction what they paid.

 

LOL I remember my grandparents wrapping the TV Rabbit Ears Antenna in foil because they said it give them better reception. It just made me laugh. roflmao