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The Story:
My wife and I just bought a house in a nice little town of 1600 people about 20 minutes from where we used to live. I am currently an AT&T customer with a 8525 (Tilt) PDA phone.
The problem:
It seems that the road that I live on (although in the country, I still have houses near me) is a cellular pit of hell. AT&T works out in my driveway. Results are similar with Sprint/Nextel, Verizon, US Cellular, and T-Mobile. Once inside the house I get no signal at all on any of the above mentioned carriers.
The question:
Can anyone suggest some sort of technology that will help boost the signal that can be picked up outside in the driveway into my home? I have heard of boosters of some sort that are used alot of times in office buildings/basements. Is there something practical out there that I could use to help me pick up the AT&T signal in my home? I have grown quite fond of my Tilt and since no other service out there seems promising, I would like to find some way (if possible) to keep using it without standing in my driveway to recieve calls.
Any suggestions?
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Well, T-Mobile offers "UMA" calling on phones that support wifi... it essentially uses your wireless connection, instead of radio signals, to make calls.
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We got one of these boosters from cellboosterstore.com and I can attest to how well they work. I went from 0 to 1 bars in our office to full signal strength.
It works very well, and was definitely worth it for our office.
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I find that not living in the country works wonders for me.
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I find this too. The glut of easily-available bandwidth makes it even more worthwhile. And the proximity to all the services I could need!
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Well, except trees and wildlife.
I was totally expecting to see one of those stickers that people used to claim increased their cell phone reception!
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Also, call AT&T. Complain. Weird(a company listening), but it worked for us. When we moved in, I could only get a signal on the front lawn, and the upstairs east side of the house standing on one leg. Called AT&T and let them know that their service sucked in my area. They said that they would make a note. Thought I was blown off...
I'm pretty sure that it wasn't just me, but about 3 months after the call, I started to get full strength signal throughout my whole house. No longer have to talk on the front lawn.
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I've got plenty of trees along the sidewalks and in the park across the street. As for wildlife, the closest I come is neighborhood dogs and the guy down the hall's parties.
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