Posted: 4/15/2013 12:20:33 PM EDT
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Have a lake cabin that occasionally (rarely) gets a cell signal. I can go up the road a 1/4 mile and get a good signal. Text works half the time and the phone shows 3G most of the time. Was looking for a signal booster but don't know anything about them. Only needs to allow calls from near the cabin. If it makes any difference, I have Verizon. Anyone know the details on these? |
| Yes they work, I would suggest http://www.wilsonelectronics.com/ |
| We use a booster at work. It will take us from no service to 3 or 4 bars of edge network. While edge is not the greatest it allows us to place calls. Setting them up properly is key. Get them pointed correctly and the gains tunned then you'll be good to go. Pretty sure we have a Wilson booster and it cost around $350 |
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I have a Wilson in my truck and it works great at our camping sites. 
I have AT&T and not Verizon so YMMV! 
BigDozer66 |
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IIRC they are now effectively illegal, as you are required to get individual permission from the carriers. Not true http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/02/fcc-orders-2m-people-to-power-down-cell-phone-signal-boosters/ Did this get overturned? |
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(UPDATE: The FCC has already changed the language on that FAQ, indicating that the onus may not be on owners of existing devices to register with carriers. The FCC deleted the sentence that says "Absent your provider's permission, you may not continue using your booster." Instead, it now says, "If a wireless provider or the FCC asks you to turn off your signal booster because it is causing interference to a wireless network, you must turn off your booster and leave it off until the interference problem can be resolved. When the new rules go into effect, you will be able to purchase a booster with additional safeguards that protect wireless networks from interference." For buyers of new devices, the FAQ does still say that "[b]efore use, you must register this device with your wireless provider and have your provider's consent.") While it's true that the FCC wants you to "register" the device with your carrier, technically they would have no way of knowing that's turned on, short of them drive testing all the way into your living room. What the carriers tried to argue is that they have the license for those freqs, and that for an individual to transmit on them would be illegal. But in reality, if you have the device, you are only using it to re-transmit their own signal. What it comes down to is money, since the technology isn't patented, they can't stop third parties from making the amplifiers, if they could they (the carriers) would make them themselves, similar to DAS. OP it's your money, and you can do what you want with it. |