Posted: 12/15/2023 12:43:28 PM EDT
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From what I've gathered so far, they appear to be hit or miss. This would be at a rural camp, normally get 1 to 2 bars on the phone. |
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In my experience you can get a good boost with a yagi antenna mounted up high, and pointed at the best nearby tower. That’ll have a cable run back to a booster that will have its own antenna your phone will connect to. At least 1k$ all in. https://www.weboost.com/products/home-complete |
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Originally Posted By DVCER: In my experience you can get a good boost with a yagi antenna mounted up high, and pointed at the best nearby tower. That’ll have a cable run back to a booster that will have its own antenna your phone will connect to. At least 1k$ all in. https://www.weboost.com/products/home-complete Holy $$ batman |
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Originally Posted By ARmory04: Holy $$ batman Doing it right isn't cheap. |
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Originally Posted By ARmory04: Fair. But definitely out of my range. Pretty rapey price for Chinese gear. They are known to work tho. Follow that amazon link, there are cheaper options, China rip of China products I’m sure. |
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I have this one in my camper. It definitely helps if you have bars. No bars, not going to work. You have to be 4'-10' from the booster. Not a problem in the camper, but that may be an issue for some. Attached File |
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Originally Posted By CoyoteGray: One option would be Starlink and run your phone over voip. I was going to ask OP if he can't set his phone to route calls over WiFi and use internet. Tether a WiFi hotspot to a helium balloon or hovering drone. |
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Originally Posted By livinfree: I have this one in my camper. It definitely helps if you have bars. No bars, not going to work. You have to be 4'-10' from the booster. Not a problem in the camper, but that may be an issue for some. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/273029/Screenshot_20231215-234311_png-3060967.JPG Thank you |
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Originally Posted By backbencher: I was going to ask OP if he can't set his phone to route calls over WiFi and use internet. Tether a WiFi hotspot to a helium balloon or hovering drone. Thought of this as well, however cable internet has lots of temporary outages (usually only a few minutes). I'll have it, but it can be spotty. |
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Originally Posted By ARmory04: Fair. But definitely out of my range. Originally Posted By ARmory04: Originally Posted By ColtRifle: Doing it right isn't cheap. Fair. But definitely out of my range. Look at the refurbished units. This is what I got… works well enough: https://www.weboost.com/products/home-multiroom |
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Originally Posted By ARmory04: Too many trees  Originally Posted By ARmory04: Originally Posted By CoyoteGray: One option would be Starlink and run your phone over voip. Too many trees  Starlink's antenna doesn't have to have a clear view of the southern sky, like legacy geostationary satellite tv & internet services. It just has to see UP. If you've got that many trees, just put a tower in between the trees and put the Starlink antenna on top of that - it's not big, it's not heavy.
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Originally Posted By backbencher: Starlink's antenna doesn't have to have a clear view of the southern sky, like legacy geostationary satellite tv & internet services. It just has to see UP. If you've got that many trees, just put a tower in between the trees and put the Starlink antenna on top of that - it's not big, it's not heavy.I was under the impression it needed full view of the sky 360*. If what you said is true, then that's most definitely an option. Probably cheaper than cable internet too. It's up to $128 bones a month just for internet here. |
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Originally Posted By ARmory04: I was under the impression it needed full view of the sky 360*. If what you said is true, then that's most definitely an option. Probably cheaper than cable internet too. It's up to $128 bones a month just for internet here. Originally Posted By ARmory04: Originally Posted By backbencher: Starlink's antenna doesn't have to have a clear view of the southern sky, like legacy geostationary satellite tv & internet services. It just has to see UP. If you've got that many trees, just put a tower in between the trees and put the Starlink antenna on top of that - it's not big, it's not heavy.I was under the impression it needed full view of the sky 360*. If what you said is true, then that's most definitely an option. Probably cheaper than cable internet too. It's up to $128 bones a month just for internet here. Definitely not 360 degrees. We had em sitting on pallets next to tents in Eagle Pass, like 4" off the ground, 2 feet from a giant tent. |
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Kinda late but you can use the same Starlink set up and account at home and on the road. Only real downside is (I think) i don't work great bouncing down a trail. Get the app on your phone and you can just stand there an see if it will work. Just follow the instructions in the app. |
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Originally Posted By fordtuff: Did you get it and how did it work out? I’m not the OP but I have Starlink. We love it. |
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| I posted earlier in this thread about running cellular internet through a Weboost cell booster. I got Starlink two weeks ago. I can’t believe the distance. Not only in speed but bandwidth. |
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Originally Posted By fordtuff: Did you get it and how did it work out? Sorry, forgot I made the post So, 6 month recap: - TV streaming: outstanding - Computer/Ipad/Iphone wifi: outstanding - Gaming: Occasional lag, but truthfully still better than cable internet - Customer service is outstanding Customer service was used when my router randomly over heated and died, and they had me a new one within a couple days. It's held up to an ice storm in late January, and has so far withstood the Louisiana heat. It's mounted on a corner of my back deck. I will say, torrential downpours degrade the service a small amount. But the fact I can game, stream movies, etc in the middle of the woods is a super power. Lastly, I use Husky mobile workbenches for my TV stands with power strips. So I lost power for a day and night during the ice storm. Fired up the Craftsman 2200 inverter, plugged in the workbench that has the TV, Starlink, etc plugged into it and was able to sit back with small buddy heaters and watch movies while outside was frozen solid. |
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Originally Posted By ARmory04: Sorry, forgot I made the post So, 6 month recap: - TV streaming: outstanding - Computer/Ipad/Iphone wifi: outstanding - Gaming: Occasional lag, but truthfully still better than cable internet - Customer service is outstanding Customer service was used when my router randomly over heated and died, and they had me a new one within a couple days. It's held up to an ice storm in late January, and has so far withstood the Louisiana heat. It's mounted on a corner of my back deck. I will say, torrential downpours degrade the service a small amount. But the fact I can game, stream movies, etc in the middle of the woods is a super power. Lastly, I use Husky mobile workbenches for my TV stands with power strips. So I lost power for a day and night during the ice storm. Fired up the Craftsman 2200 inverter, plugged in the workbench that has the TV, Starlink, etc plugged into it and was able to sit back with small buddy heaters and watch movies while outside was frozen solid. 
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