I have absolutely NO reception in my new apartment!

[777php]

I live in a old brick apartment building and I have little to no reception in my new place. I only have reception in my bathroom and it's sketchy at best.

Is there something I can buy/install to boost my signal?

BTW I have Verizon and live in the Bay Area, CA if it makes a difference.

 

[bret]

try a new service. or go outside

 

[Yaotl]

Do you have signal outside your apartment in the immediate vicinity?

 

[777php]

i have really good reception outside of my building, just not inside. I was thinking about an antenna on the top of my building and running a wire into my apartment or something similar to that. My friends with ATT have the same issues in my apartment.

 

[Pepsei]

reception as in cellphone? or dsl wireless from the next door?

 

[HardcoreRobot]

just call verizon, im sure they will build a tower in your closet if you ask nicely

 

[austin316]

Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot
just call verizon, im sure they will build a tower in your closet if you ask nicely

Can you hear me now? NO?!? Too bad!

 

[777php]

Originally posted by: Pepsei
reception as in cellphone? or dsl wireless from the next door?

cellphone

 

[Sphexi]

There are repeaters you can get, with an outdoor and indoor antenna, it repeats the cell signal inside your house and acts like a bridge between your phone inside and the network outside. Expect to pay $580 for one though.

 

[777php]

holy crap $580? link for curiosity?

 

[dud]

There are repeaters you can get, with an outdoor and indoor antenna, it repeats the cell signal inside your house and acts like a bridge between your phone inside and the network outside. Expect to pay $580 for one though.

And these repeaters tend to be provider-specific. If you change service providers you are usually OOL.

 

[KK]

http://www.wilsonelectronics.com/

Originally posted by: 777php
holy crap $580? link for curiosity?

 

[FoBoT]

go with cable or satellite

 

[maddogchen]

you have no reception at home? i heard you can go complain to verizon and have them cancel it for free. Maybe try another service?

 

[deejayshakur]

Originally posted by: 777php
i have really good reception outside of my building, just not inside. I was thinking about an antenna on the top of my building and running a wire into my apartment or something similar to that. My friends with ATT have the same issues in my apartment.

ATT GSM or TDMA?

 

[Qwest]

sucks man, but how about VOIP? sunfire is $199 for 1 yr.

 

[tyim]

verizon has the best service in the bay area...

 

[777php]

This looks promising

 

[mcvickj]

We just installed one in our building at work for our Nextel phones. It required a LOS to a tower. From there we have antennas on each floor. It helped tremendously but it wasn't cheap.

 

[Sphexi]

http://www.maritech.com/antenna5.htm

That's one of them, $523 or so, and it's dual band capable, will handle GSM/CDMA/TDMA/AMPS/PCS, so no worries about changing carriers.

 

[FoBoT]

isn't that a lot of money?

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[Pepsei]

I remember a lot of crappy places are like that, you have to leave the house to make a call, and sometimes it also depends on what cell company you're with.

 

[Bootprint]

Verizon CEO: Why Should Your Cell Phone Work in Your House?

 

[dman]

They have some passive ones that you can use for auto's that supposedly do same thing. Antennae on outside of glass and one on inside. However, the ones I looked at were for specific frequencies and I doubted they'd make much difference, but, for price $20 or so, maybe an option.

 

[chrisms]

I have the same problem. What I did was open the window and stick on up against the screen. If I get a call I go up against the screen and I can talk (I don't have long phone conversations anyway). It sucks but I've got used to it