Mobile Phone signal strength

[scooby_snax]

In my study (ground floor of townhouse) the signal strength for both my mobiles O2 and Vodafone is less than acceptable necessitating a scurry up the stairs to the middle floor to have a convo without disconnection.
Is there anything I can try to increase the signal strength on the ground floor
Thanks

[Smartie]

agree to let vodafone put a mast up in your garden?

[ThePassenger]

Smartie said:

agree to let vodafone put a mast up in your garden?

Pretty much it I'm AFIC.

[Mikey G]

Didnt i hear of some sort of signal booster you can put upstairs and it will transmit a signal down?

Off to google....

EDIT: www.alternativewireless.com/cellular-antennas/wilson-antennas/wilson_cellular_amplifiers/wilson-smart-tech-building-cellular-amplifier.html

The only other thing i could find was something you stick behind your battery?

Edited by Mikey G on Friday 4th May 22:37

[Mr E]

ThePassenger said:

Smartie said:

agree to let vodafone put a mast up in your garden?

Pretty much it I'm AFIC.

At the moment, yes.

I have a device that will do what you want. You can't buy it yet.

Give it 12 months, and you can have all the signal strength you want.

[S6PNJ]

When I suffered from this in a previous house, I bought myself a car aerial which was an improvement over the standard inbuilt aerial. You might need to get an adaptor plug for the phone as well, or simply buy one of the (many) car kits from eBay for your phone. The aerial should simply connect into the cradle. My phone was Nokia by the way.

[Scooby_snax]

For c£1 I may try one of these
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/5-GENERATION-4-

[morningside]

I thought those things forced your phone to up the output power and reduced your battery life.

You are lucky I have to head off into the garden if I need to speak to anyone otherwise it totally loses the signal.

[Mr E]

morningside said:

I thought those things forced your phone to up the output power and reduced your battery life.

You are lucky I have to head off into the garden if I need to speak to anyone otherwise it totally loses the signal.

Coverage and bars on the phone displays are nothing to do with transmit power. It's the signal the phone is seeing from the mast(s), and only a better antenna will help. Hence the use of car kits with external antennas may assist in marginal areas.

Hight and line of site to the basestation is all you can do right now.

Stick "femtocell" into google, and have a read. Then give me a year.