We live out in the country where our cellular signals are weak -- from 0 to 2 bars. Talking on the cell near the computer is generally not possible. Perhaps there is interference from the computer or monitor, I don't know.
Wife's cousin lives down our road where there is no AT&T signal, normally. We went down to their house last night so he could show us his new setup. His hardware is from CellAntenna.com and consists of a 33 ft coax cable connected to a little special antenna that he affixed to his old TV antenna pole outdoors.
Indoors, this cable runs to a lightning arrestor which leads to a small box which leads to a larger box that emits amplified signals.
While in his living room, where this box is located, we had 3 to 5 bars on our cell phones. The transmission from this booster does not reach outdoors, only within his home.
All well and good. I'm sold. We should run out and buy this stuff, right? The kicker is the price -- some $450 for all this hardware.
He claims he's tried the cell phone attached antenna but has gone through some 5 phones since January. He thinks that attached antenna was the culprit by damaging the phones.
Have you any experience with any antennas or boosters for your cell phone?
Len Miller