Mobile Phone Signal Booster

[fflyingdog]

Has anyone got or used a mobile phone signal booster ? Where i live the only cell coverage i get is the French mobile network ,which is a tadge expensive.

[illmonkey]

None of the "stick on the back of the phone" jobs work.

I've looked into these kind of things for work but never bought and tested...

http://mobilerepeater.co.uk/shop/home.php

[Dolf]

fflyingdog said:

Has anyone got or used a mobile phone signal booster ? Where i live the only cell coverage i get is the French mobile network ,which is a tadge expensive.

You are living in France, don't you?

[dwilkie]

This was covered on braniacs the other day - get an aerial the exact right size for your signals wavelength and solder it on.

It should look like this:

[Mr E]

You need a femtocell.

[Orb the Impaler]

I could do with something in my house!

I left Cellnet in 1998 due to dreadful, patchy coverage (and 99p "Flake" euro tariffs ) and went to Orringe who have been utterly ace.

In November I made the mistake of going back to O2 cos it was the only place I could get an iPhone. I deeply regret it; the iPhone is great but I cannot believe how rubbish the signal is. Crap. If I could get out of the contract I would; we get no coverage at all at our house and I'm self-employed. This poses a problem.

To quote Mrs Orb(s): "I'd forgotten what it was like to have every single call drop out".

[john_p]

Second hand, I've heard that they work very well.

[The Ben]

put your phone in a wok and connect a bluetooth headset....


Other than that, in work, we have Nokia signal boosters... They defo work... HSDPA 7.2 mbps for the wireless dongles in work, it boosts alot of the town centre... not sure if it will make me ill though, or kill the swimmers in the testie bag.... :S

[Mr E]

The Ben said:

put your phone in a wok and connect a bluetooth headset....


Other than that, in work, we have Nokia signal boosters... They defo work... HSDPA 7.2 mbps for the wireless dongles in work, it boosts alot of the town centre... not sure if it will make me ill though, or kill the swimmers in the testie bag.... :S

I suspect that's actually a picocell.