Zellephant
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We recently moved to a new place, and our house seems to be some sort of faraday cage. If I step outside I get almost perfect cell signal, but inside the house, it’s literally impossible to make or receive calls.
Our LTE WiFi router also only gets a signal if it’s placed right up against a window (but then the signal is great, and we easily get upwards of 25mbps internet speeds). I have turned on WiFi calling on our phones, but this doesn’t seem to help, I still can’t make or receive calls reliably in the house. WhatsApp calls obviously work fine.
I have heard a lot of talk about signal boosters, but always understood them to be like directional antennas that just help you get signal if signal in your area is marginal, but do you get a signal booster that would be like an external antenna I can place outside my house, that then transmits the Cell Signal inside the house (kinda like a wireless access point does for internet coverage).
If so, what do I need to be looking for and what sort of price range. I work from home, and I am missing way too many critical calls.
Our LTE WiFi router also only gets a signal if it’s placed right up against a window (but then the signal is great, and we easily get upwards of 25mbps internet speeds). I have turned on WiFi calling on our phones, but this doesn’t seem to help, I still can’t make or receive calls reliably in the house. WhatsApp calls obviously work fine.
I have heard a lot of talk about signal boosters, but always understood them to be like directional antennas that just help you get signal if signal in your area is marginal, but do you get a signal booster that would be like an external antenna I can place outside my house, that then transmits the Cell Signal inside the house (kinda like a wireless access point does for internet coverage).
If so, what do I need to be looking for and what sort of price range. I work from home, and I am missing way too many critical calls.