Mobile Phone Signal Booster

[skeeterm5]

Hi all,

I live in an old house which is made of Cob, this means that the walls are about 2 - 3 feet thick (and solid!). My mobile (and SWMBOs) have really poor reception and whilst there are a couple of places in the house where you can receive signal you cant move the phone more than about 1mm.

I have seen mobile phone signal booster for sale and have a couple of questions;

1 - does anybody have one and does it work?
2 - do they just plug into the mains?
3 - does one booster boost all networks (mine is Vodafone and SWMBO is T-Mobile)

thanks

S

[Chris_H]

This post may be useful!

[bigdods]

http://www.cellantenna.co.uk/

[steve_amv8]

bigdods said:

http://www.cellantenna.co.uk/

That's some interesting kit they have ... particularly the CAE50 SOHO unit for £299. It would probably benefit my company to boost signals in the office. Are they legal though? Surely you need a licence to transmit on those frequencies (which it must do, being a relay)?

[tribbles]

steve_amv8 said:

bigdods said:

http://www.cellantenna.co.uk/

That's some interesting kit they have ... particularly the CAE50 SOHO unit for £299. It would probably benefit my company to boost signals in the office. Are they legal though? Surely you need a licence to transmit on those frequencies (which it must do, being a relay)?

They do have this disclaimer at the bottom:

website said:

"THE USE OF THIS EQUIPMENT MAY REQUIRE A LICENSE. PLEASE CHECK WITH THE GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY HAVING JURISDICTION PRIOR TO USE"

[Eggle]

I have a gsm booster. An aerial for outside, a length of cable and a box with psu for indoor use.
I bought it, and then vodafone gave me a fem. I paid £100 on ebay, and would sell for £50?
I put the aerial on the wall, but never wired it back. Now all in a box in the cupboard. Works,IIR on O2 and Vodafone