Hi Ron,
I faced a similar situation at my house. If you get a phone that has
WiFi (most any of the "smart phones"), and have a wireless WiFi router for
your computers (from your home DSL or cable modem), you can just configure
your cell phone to use WiFi when you are around the house. The newer routers
have great range (mine will cover the acre lot here no problem).
best,
doug
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From: Ronnie
Day <ronnie.day@gmail.com>
To: Shop Talk List <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, July 1, 2013 7:46 AM
Subject: [Shop-talk] Cell Phone Signal
Boosters
We're (FINALLY) closing in on the move to our new place located
near BFE
about 80 miles NE of Austin. Being near BFE, cell coverage in the
area is
spotty at best, almost non-existent at our place. Data is (sort of and
sometimes) there, but it is better than voice call. I do have one 50 foot
tiltover, crankup tower that I'll be put up fairly soon, primarily for an
OTA
TV antenna and some ham radio antennas.
Wilson Electronics has a series of
signal boosters and different antennas
that are basically low power repeaters.
Wilson made their name in amateur
radio many years ago and I expect their bits
to work well. I did want to
see if anyone in the group has used the Wilson
gear or possibly some other
company's so I could get some real world feedback.
I might try the Verizon Network Extender, but I had one of those a couple
of
years ago where we're currently living and it didn't seem to make much
difference in signal level in the house at that time. While the Wilson
System
uses antennas (omni or directional) to pick the RF signal, the
Verizon box
plugs into the Internet and basically provides a cell node in
your house.
Looks like we'll be using Exede satt based broadband so I'm not
sure if the
Verizon box would work at all.
I can't believe that we're the only folks in
this large widely scattered
group that have to deal with this sort of
situation.
Thanks,
Ron
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