Carriers have millions and you have thousands of dollars in budget. I wonder who should be responsible for making your signal stronger.
It's just some buildings that for whatever reason signals can't penetrate. I'm all over downtown Chicago and generally things work in even the widest and tallest buildings, but some places like medical centers or older buildings the signals just don't get in. These help out in those cases.
Who besides a lumberjack and Bambi is going to be spending enough time in the forest making calls, that this matters?
Suggesting a carrier should be responsible for improving the signal, misses the point that saying they should be responsible, and doing whatever it takes to end up with a good signal if theirs just isn't good enough where you are, are two different things.
Plus as a number of reviewers pointed out, a good use for this type of equipment is if you're needing to make calls from within a metal structure, so you wire the antenna to be mounted outside of that structure.
Wow, the arrogance and cluelessness of the narrow-minded, sheltered urban dwellers on here is astounding.
Listen: you don't have to be "Bambi" or a "lumberjack" to find one of these things invaluable. All you have to do is be living in the majority of the USA that isn't urban. I have long stretches of my regular commutes (yes, paved roads, and some of our main arteries) where there are many miles of extremely weak cell service. These things not only get the antenna out of the inside of the car (bonus #1), and a much larger antenna with higher gain (bonus #2) but then boost the signal (bonus #3) which cumulative makes a HUGE difference.
So drop the cockiness just because you have no clue as you what life is like outside of your entitled urban bubble.
As for those who think the carriers should improve coverage: yes, they should. But there are obsticles, and in some areas it's just not realistic. The areas that have weak signal (but still have roads) might not have enough residents to justify the costs of a tower. Or they might be prioritizing build-outs elsewhere. Ultimately, as they say, you can wish in one hand, **** in the other, and see which fills up faster. Devices like this allow you to take some control of your situation.
That said, I would spend a little extra and buy a Wilson and not one of these.
Turn on Wi Fi calling and save yourself some cash.....
Let me know how that works out in the forest.
And how exactly this booster gonna work in the forest?
You run the line to your nearest clearing.
Some of you guys aren't considering challenges of rural life. This product clearly isn't for you. I have a house in a major city and a cabin in another state. I live and work in the cabin 2 months out of the year. I have to drive to get a cell signal.
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Let me know how that works out in the forest.
You mean the jungle that is corporate life?
It's just some buildings that for whatever reason signals can't penetrate. I'm all over downtown Chicago and generally things work in even the widest and tallest buildings, but some places like medical centers or older buildings the signals just don't get in. These help out in those cases.
And how exactly this booster gonna work in the forest?
Suggesting a carrier should be responsible for improving the signal, misses the point that saying they should be responsible, and doing whatever it takes to end up with a good signal if theirs just isn't good enough where you are, are two different things.
Plus as a number of reviewers pointed out, a good use for this type of equipment is if you're needing to make calls from within a metal structure, so you wire the antenna to be mounted outside of that structure.
Listen: you don't have to be "Bambi" or a "lumberjack" to find one of these things invaluable. All you have to do is be living in the majority of the USA that isn't urban. I have long stretches of my regular commutes (yes, paved roads, and some of our main arteries) where there are many miles of extremely weak cell service. These things not only get the antenna out of the inside of the car (bonus #1), and a much larger antenna with higher gain (bonus #2) but then boost the signal (bonus #3) which cumulative makes a HUGE difference.
So drop the cockiness just because you have no clue as you what life is like outside of your entitled urban bubble.
As for those who think the carriers should improve coverage: yes, they should. But there are obsticles, and in some areas it's just not realistic. The areas that have weak signal (but still have roads) might not have enough residents to justify the costs of a tower. Or they might be prioritizing build-outs elsewhere. Ultimately, as they say, you can wish in one hand, **** in the other, and see which fills up faster. Devices like this allow you to take some control of your situation.
That said, I would spend a little extra and buy a Wilson and not one of these.
It's okay to be a lumberjack!
My thoughts exactly.
You run the line to your nearest clearing.
Some of you guys aren't considering challenges of rural life. This product clearly isn't for you. I have a house in a major city and a cabin in another state. I live and work in the cabin 2 months out of the year. I have to drive to get a cell signal.
I guess so if you're not interested in summer home. Suit yourself I guess.
Thank you!