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NFT: Boosting the signal of your Wireless Data feed

gidiefor : Mod : 11/16/2020 2:59 pm
I have been on an adventure trying to solve my connectivity problems. You guys in the city have the signal for the most part -- up here in the boonies - and off the beaten trail -- we have no cable or DSL service and over the years I have switched on and off between wireless service from Verizon and Satellite service from Hughes.net

I chanced upon an article about Wilson signal boosters and have been trying to determine if signal boosters work to boost the signal to and from a verizon MiFi hotspot.

Does anyone here have any experience with this?
Just curious gidie, where do you live  
Jim in Forest Hills : 11/16/2020 3:01 pm : link
that you have no internet provider?
I live on a farm in a rural part of Ulster County, NY  
gidiefor : Mod : 11/16/2020 3:06 pm : link
in between the Catskills and the Shawangunk Ridge in the Rondout Valley
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26.2 : 11/16/2020 3:12 pm : link
I do. I have a mountain home in WV where there is also no cable/DSL. And where i'm located on the mountain I can't get any kind of satellite signal either (unless I cut down about an acres worth of trees). However, we get a decent enough AT&T signal so I installed a signal booster to the house. Its basically an antenna that you put outside and you run a coax cable inside the house to a small amp with an antenna. Works on both our phones (full bars LTE) and our AT&T hotspot device.

We have a data cap of 100GB a month, but what is cool is that if you use AT&T TV streaming service, they give you an extra 50GB/mo using that service doesn't count against your data cap. Plus I can use the same account at my place in NOVA too.

The signal booster I got on amazon for about $150. I just looked and they no longer sell it, but there are a bunch in that range or you could also spend a lot more. All I'll say is that the one I use works as advertised and its made it so we can live out there and work during this pandemic.

Good luck!
26.2  
ColHowPepper : 11/16/2020 7:19 pm : link
Name of manuf'. of your booster? Even if not available on AMZ any more, still may be useful. We have similar issues with Verizon at our home due to very hilly terrain where signal of cell towers is iffy, at best.
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Adirondack GMen : 11/16/2020 7:40 pm : link
In comment 15048349 ColHowPepper said:
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Name of manuf'. of your booster? Even if not available on AMZ any more, still may be useful. We have similar issues with Verizon at our home due to very hilly terrain where signal of cell towers is iffy, at best.

We do as well in the Adirondacks! Many dead areas which frustrates the heck out of trying to watch a game... giants game for sure!
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26.2 : 11/17/2020 3:14 pm : link
Here is the one that I have. Looks like they are selling it again.
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SureCall Flare 3.0  
BigBlue89 : 11/17/2020 3:33 pm : link
PC Magazine Editor's choice

https://www.amazon.com/SureCall-Flare-Voice-Signal-Booster/dp/B08D9J25TZ

https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/surecall-flare-30
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