signal booster for cell phones

  • tstatz
    wis
    Posts: 188
    June 28, 2011 at 7:55 pm #1272836

    Have any Idoers had experience with a signal booster for cell phones?I need a solution for marginal cell coverage at my cottage in Hayward.Best buy is recommending a fairly pricey solution.Before I spend the cash I would appreciate some input. Thank you,
    Tom

    kooty
    Keymaster
    1 hour 15 mins to the Pond
    Posts: 18101
    June 28, 2011 at 7:56 pm #976874

    I don’t have the make/model we have utilized in our plants, but I can get it later in the week. They are pricey if I remember correctly. $500.00 range.

    buzzer
    Garnavillo Iowa
    Posts: 542
    June 28, 2011 at 8:10 pm #976882

    Magnetic. Strips I. Use 2 that go on behind the battery Max 5$ a price turns dead zone to 1 or 2 bars

    suzuki
    Woodbury, Mn
    Posts: 18621
    June 28, 2011 at 8:14 pm #976884

    I have a cabin near you. My solution was to stand on the stump just south of my shed with one arm in the air. After a year of that I changed my cell provider from Verizon to ATT to solve the issue altogether.

    Todders
    Posts: 89
    June 28, 2011 at 8:41 pm #976895

    We bought one for our cabin for 400$ and it didn’t make a difference. We returned it right away.

    Jon Stevens
    Northfield, Wi
    Posts: 1242
    June 28, 2011 at 8:48 pm #976898

    Not that it will help your situaion but, if I stand next to the satellite dish I go from no service to 2 bars…sucks in the rain or when the skeets are out though

    millerman
    Red Wing, MN
    Posts: 627
    June 28, 2011 at 9:17 pm #976903

    I miss my bag phone! That baby had power!

    Brian Hoffies
    Land of 10,000 taxes, potholes & the politically correct.
    Posts: 6843
    June 29, 2011 at 12:23 am #976941

    Radio Shack sells them. They have 2, one is for a small radius, I think I paid $300 or $350. The other is a much larger range and was twice the price. My guy said I could return mine if it didn’t work. Critical thing is you need to know where your cell tower is so you can aim the booster.

    jerrj01
    Hudson, WI
    Posts: 1547
    June 29, 2011 at 1:35 am #976967

    Getting one from Verizon this week for our cabin north of Amery. Our cabin has a steel roof and we only get signal next to the windows or outside. $270 for it from Verizon. We are hoping it solves our signal problem. If you have the time I can let you know if it works for us.

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