mobile phone signal booster
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Does anyone have a recommendation for a mobile phone signal booster? I have a client in a cell phone dead zone that was able to get the Verizon booster working and now would like something that will work for AT&T, Sprint, US Cellular, and T-Mobile. Any suggestions?
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You'd either need a femtocell for each cell provider you need or a whole building antenna distribution system.
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Has anyone tried something like this:
https://www.repeaterstore.com/products/clearvoice-dual-band
Seems like at $400, it would be less expensive than trying to run 3 or 4 femtocell devices. -
I've used the Verizon supplied unit, but never a third party one.
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We have a client who has tried third party and they just do not work reliably. Contact providers the client will be much happier.
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How big is the client? I've heard of providers putting in and maintaining cells (femtocells?) if there are enough users available. Not sure if that is still a thing though.
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I've worked at several places where the phone companies put in their own repeaters.
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I had a Sprint femtocell - it never worked worth a darn in my home. Perhaps a business unit would be better?
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@Dashrender said:
I had a Sprint femtocell - it never worked worth a darn in my home. Perhaps a business unit would be better?
How was yours getting its original signal?
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
I had a Sprint femtocell - it never worked worth a darn in my home. Perhaps a business unit would be better?
How was yours getting its original signal?
Sprint in my home only worked if I stood on one leg and leaned my head to the south.
In the city I rarely had issues, though when I left them, my town was still primarily 3G and some of that crappy version of 4G that never worked well.
We did have two areas of town, if you were in the wrong lane, you'd drop a call 100% of the time, in the other lane, you'd normally hold the call - I think there was a bad power transformer there.
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But your femtocell, was it just a repeater? If so, you need a good original signal for it to work. Or was it wired in some way?
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@scottalanmiller said:
But your femtocell, was it just a repeater? If so, you need a good original signal for it to work. Or was it wired in some way?
Oh, it was wired to my internet connection. What's worse, for normal people they charge them $20 a month for the box and service. I told them they needed to give me the box for free because I had no service in my house.
it was on the bill, but had an equal credit for it on the bill.
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@coliver said:
How big is the client? I've heard of providers putting in and maintaining cells (femtocells?) if there are enough users available. Not sure if that is still a thing though.
Not usually Femtocells, they will do antenna distribution if you are a big enough client.
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@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
But your femtocell, was it just a repeater? If so, you need a good original signal for it to work. Or was it wired in some way?
Oh, it was wired to my internet connection. What's worse, for normal people they charge them $20 a month for the box and service. I told them they needed to give me the box for free because I had no service in my house.
it was on the bill, but had an equal credit for it on the bill.
Maybe the Internet connection was the issue?
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totally possible I suppose, but I could stream netflix with no issues, granted it more about upload than down (or at least equal.
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@Dashrender said:
totally possible I suppose, but I could stream netflix with no issues, granted it more about upload than down (or at least equal.
NEtflix needs bandwidth, phones need latency. The ability to do one does not imply that ability to do the other.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
totally possible I suppose, but I could stream netflix with no issues, granted it more about upload than down (or at least equal.
NEtflix needs bandwidth, phones need latency. The ability to do one does not imply that ability to do the other.
Latency would mean bad phone calls, not no phone calls. With the femto I still couldn't make calls any better, at least not reliably.
It's why I kept my landline for so long.
Now the only reason I have the landline is because by having it, I save money on my cable/internet bill (phone costs me $12/month, bundle savings is $25 - dropping the phone will cause the bill to increase by $13/month - shakes head).
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It's a small auto repair shop. It's for his customers and thus, he is not a customer of ATT and others. He is a Verizon customer and they gave him the Verizon femtocell, and that works. I think it would be a pain to have to maintain 4 different femtocell devices, but I guess there isn't much of a choice.
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@Mike-Davis said:
femtocell
If you are trying to provide coverage for the customers, and only have one device - you risk 'losing' those customers since one carrier gets preferential treatment.
