cell phone booster

Lakeboater · 04-27-2017, 07:02 PM

I guess I wasn't as persuasive or lucky as Dan or Verizon just won't budge. I have poor cell service with verizon and ended up getting a network extender that I purchased fromy verizon. You have to plug it into your router for it to work. It works like a mini cell tower in your home. I have people stop in front of my house to use their cell phones and my house is not close to the street. So basically I paid for the extender to plug into my Internet to make Verizon service better in my immediate area. I am happy to have my cell phone work at home though.

NHskier · 04-27-2017, 07:46 PM

Wifi calling as mentioned by ishoot308 basically does the same thing as the extender. We had the same situation with Verizon and had purchased the extender, used with iPhone 5s. After we replaced those in December I set the phones to enable wifi calling. The extender has been unplugged ever since.

webmaster · 05-01-2017, 07:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Lakeboater

I have people stop in front of my house to use their cell phones and my house is not close to the street.

I ran an AT&T Micro Cell for several years at my home until new towers went up. AT&T gave it to you for free if the service at your home was poor. You had to specify what phones were allowed to access it. No one else could use it.

IslandRadio · 05-01-2017, 08:23 AM

I use a WeBoost in the car. Made by Wilson. The one in the car works quite well.

There is a "home" version as well. It is a real call phone repeater.

You will need an outside antenna, but that will also provide the best performance. There is an inside antenna as well. The inside antenna and the outside antenna must be physically separated from each other by quite a bit or feedback will result, however the documentation explains everything very nicely.

Lakeboater · 05-01-2017, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by webmaster

I ran an AT&T Micro Cell for several years at my home until new towers went up. AT&T gave it to you for free if the service at your home was poor. You had to specify what phones were allowed to access it. No one else could use it.

Interesting. I don't believe there is a way make it so the Verizon network extender will only work with certain phones or numbers. I guess Verizon is happy to have the customer increase the coverage area.

Rich · 05-01-2017, 10:39 AM

On the Verizon extender there are some settings for it (via your Verizon management page) that allow it to be completely 'open', or to give certain cell phone numbers 'priority'. Enter your family cell phone numbers, then set it to give those phones priority access.

By giving those in your home priority, you ensure that they can always use it, as most of these devices are limited to a certain number of phones using it at one time.

Crusty · 05-06-2017, 01:41 PM

I need to put a vote in for Google Project Fi. I got one of their phones about 8 months ago (Nexus 5x) and couldn't be happier. [Well, that's a lie, I can always find something to make me happier.] Their service for unlimited talk/text is $20/month, no contract. Data charges are $10 / gigabyte, if used. The big feature is that the phone automatically uses WiFi whenever it can find it. Call quality is excellent. I keep the "data" service turned off unless I really need it (and away from WiFi). So far, my total data charge for over 8 months has been under $3.

04-27-2017, 07:02 PM	#1
Lakeboater Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 394 Thanks: 20 Thanked 131 Times in 94 Posts	Network Extender I guess I wasn't as persuasive or lucky as Dan or Verizon just won't budge. I have poor cell service with verizon and ended up getting a network extender that I purchased fromy verizon. You have to plug it into your router for it to work. It works like a mini cell tower in your home. I have people stop in front of my house to use their cell phones and my house is not close to the street. So basically I paid for the extender to plug into my Internet to make Verizon service better in my immediate area. I am happy to have my cell phone work at home though.

04-27-2017, 07:46 PM	#2
NHskier Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 298 Thanks: 45 Thanked 37 Times in 34 Posts	Wifi calling as mentioned by ishoot308 basically does the same thing as the extender. We had the same situation with Verizon and had purchased the extender, used with iPhone 5s. After we replaced those in December I set the phones to enable wifi calling. The extender has been unplugged ever since. __________________ NHskier

05-01-2017, 10:39 AM	#6
Rich Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Derry / Gilford Posts: 1,256 Thanks: 75 Thanked 348 Times in 237 Posts	On the Verizon extender there are some settings for it (via your Verizon management page) that allow it to be completely 'open', or to give certain cell phone numbers 'priority'. Enter your family cell phone numbers, then set it to give those phones priority access. By giving those in your home priority, you ensure that they can always use it, as most of these devices are limited to a certain number of phones using it at one time. __________________ Don't listen to me, obviously I don't understand what I'm talking about! Let's help each other save time and money: WinniGas.com Get a backup/duplicate RF DESS Key for your SeaDoo, CanAm or SkiDoo RideKey.app

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IslandRadio Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Mirror Lake - Full time resident Posts: 398 Thanks: 70 Thanked 156 Times in 61 Posts	I use a WeBoost in the car. Made by Wilson. The one in the car works quite well. There is a "home" version as well. It is a real call phone repeater. You will need an outside antenna, but that will also provide the best performance. There is an inside antenna as well. The inside antenna and the outside antenna must be physically separated from each other by quite a bit or feedback will result, however the documentation explains everything very nicely.

05-06-2017, 01:41 PM	#7
Crusty Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Columbus OH / Smiths Pt Posts: 128 Thanks: 175 Thanked 158 Times in 57 Posts	I need to put a vote in for Google Project Fi. I got one of their phones about 8 months ago (Nexus 5x) and couldn't be happier. [Well, that's a lie, I can always find something to make me happier.] Their service for unlimited talk/text is $20/month, no contract. Data charges are $10 / gigabyte, if used. The big feature is that the phone automatically uses WiFi whenever it can find it. Call quality is excellent. I keep the "data" service turned off unless I really need it (and away from WiFi). So far, my total data charge for over 8 months has been under $3.