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Bad cell signal in the house.

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Eli

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It isn't dropped-call bad, but it's still annoying.

Large passive repeater?

Amplifier? Are there cheap ones?
 
The big question is:

How many bars of signal do you get in the areas of your house that you want to use your phone in?
 
you can spend a couple grand and get a repeater, or live with it.

cell phones are not intended for indoor use per manufacturer's specs.
 
What company?

Sprint sells a product to boost a signal in a home using a internet connection.

So does Tmobile.
 
Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
you can spend a couple grand and get a repeater, or live with it.

cell phones are not intended for indoor use per manufacturer's specs.
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There are actually some really good products on the market now that cellular is more popular than land lines. As long as you get some reception in your house, you can pick up signal boosters to help out. The ones I have had the best experience with are the small repeaters that you can put on your window. You just have to make sure you put them on a window that faces the nearest tower and make sure that you get the right kind for your carrier. I have had customers buy $40 ones off Ebay and it made the difference between one bar (can't make calls) and 2 bars (can make calls when they are near the repeater).
 
I had this problem with Sprint... I dropped them like a dirty douch... err... I dropped them. I climbed aboard the Verizon boat and have not had a single problem since. This was years ago.
 
It's never been a problem before. The tower actually isn't very far away, and you don't have to travel far to get full signal. It's like this neighborhood is in a little RF vortex.. lol

I get 0-3 bars in the house. Being low to the ground seems worst. Hmm. Yeah, makes sense.. we're uphill, and then downhill from the tower.

Oh, Tmobile.
 
I don't live very far from the closest tower, (not more than 1 mile) yet reception in the house sux. stucco house(wrapped in "chicken wire" under the cement coating) Outside is better, but surprisingly, still crappy reception. (AT&T Cingular)
More bars my ass.

BTW, wireless internet sux in the house too.
 
Originally posted by: Eli
It's never been a problem before. The tower actually isn't very far away, and you don't have to travel far to get full signal. It's like this neighborhood is in a little RF vortex.. lol

I get 0-3 bars in the house. Being low to the ground seems worst. Hmm. Yeah, makes sense.. we're uphill, and then downhill from the tower.

Oh, Tmobile.
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Sounds about right. You can try an expensive booster like the one linked to earlier, or try a cheap one first.

Aren't you in WA now?
 
Originally posted by: BoomerD
I don't live very far from the closest tower, (not more than 1 mile) yet reception in the house sux. stucco house(wrapped in "chicken wire" under the cement coating) Outside is better, but surprisingly, still crappy reception. (AT&T Cingular)
More bars my ass.

BTW, wireless internet sux in the house too.
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GSM has terrible penetration.
 
Originally posted by: rudeguy
Originally posted by: Eli
It's never been a problem before. The tower actually isn't very far away, and you don't have to travel far to get full signal. It's like this neighborhood is in a little RF vortex.. lol

I get 0-3 bars in the house. Being low to the ground seems worst. Hmm. Yeah, makes sense.. we're uphill, and then downhill from the tower.

Oh, Tmobile.
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Sounds about right. You can try an expensive booster like the one linked to earlier, or try a cheap one first.

Aren't you in WA now?
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lol, no.. Santa Fe, NM.
 
Originally posted by: rudeguy
Originally posted by: BoomerD
I don't live very far from the closest tower, (not more than 1 mile) yet reception in the house sux. stucco house(wrapped in "chicken wire" under the cement coating) Outside is better, but surprisingly, still crappy reception. (AT&T Cingular)
More bars my ass.

BTW, wireless internet sux in the house too.
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GSM has terrible penetration.
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That's what she said...
 
Originally posted by: BoomerD
Originally posted by: rudeguy
Originally posted by: BoomerD
I don't live very far from the closest tower, (not more than 1 mile) yet reception in the house sux. stucco house(wrapped in "chicken wire" under the cement coating) Outside is better, but surprisingly, still crappy reception. (AT&T Cingular)
More bars my ass.

BTW, wireless internet sux in the house too.
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GSM has terrible penetration.
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That's what she said...
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I originally had my sentence end with, "and tends to terminate prematurely".


Eli:

If you are in NM, you won't be benefiting from the leaves coming off the trees like us northerners!
 
Give the hptspat@home a shot. $10 a month for (hopefully) better reception and unlimited calling from your house. Plus if it fixes your problem you can cut off you home phone if you have one.
 
..I installed a small passive repeater on my front window. solved the problem. hardly noticable inside or out.
 
Originally posted by: rudeguy
The big question is:

How many bars of signal do you get in the areas of your house that you want to use your phone in?
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he has bars in his house? he would never have to leave home.
 
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