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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / Cingular / July 2005Improving cell phone reception in house?
The cell phone reception in my house is not very reliable and I was wondering if there is anything that I can do to improve it. If we go out on the patio to use our phones we have a very good signal with no dropped calls so it seems that it's the house structure itself that's the problem. Would it be practical to put some kind of antenna outside and run a cable to a repeater inside? Is there a reasonably inexpensive way to do something like this? TIA  SignatureGary Vocks www.under-1-roof.com I had the same problem and found a solution that worked great. I went out and bought a product by Wireless Extender. You have to mount a small antenna outside and then run cable inside to a very small repeater. My signal consistently is 2 to 3 bars outside. I used to get a signal of one bar inside, if I was lucky. Now I get a signal of 3 bars (-75db to -85db) all of the time. Now I get such a strong signal inside my home that my next door neighbor even gets a greatly improved signal. Note: The current unit only works with a 1900 mh signal. Additionally, it is not cheap. The unit runs approximately $300, but it is the best investment that I have made. I own a small business and my cellphone is my link to new sales so spending money on an improved signal is not a question. You can find the Wireless Extender at www.wireless extenders.com . Bruce D. Brown > The cell phone reception in my house is not very reliable and I was > wondering if there is anything that I can do to improve it. If we go out [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > to a repeater inside? Is there a reasonably inexpensive way to do > something like this? TIA Sorry, I made a mistake on the link to the web site. The correct link is: www.wirelessextenders.com Bruce D. Brown >I had the same problem and found a solution that worked great. I went out >and bought a product by Wireless Extender. You have to mount a small [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >> run a cable to a repeater inside? Is there a reasonably inexpensive way >> to do something like this? TIA According to the web page, it only works on PCS phones for now. Does this product work with Cingular GSM phones? >I had the same problem and found a solution that worked great. I went out >and bought a product by Wireless Extender. You have to mount a small [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >> to a repeater inside? Is there a reasonably inexpensive way to do >> something like this? TIA > According to the web page, it only works on PCS phones for now. Does > this product work with Cingular GSM phones? PCS is the frequency at 1900 mHz. If Cingular uses a GSM 1900 signal in your area, it it will work, but if Cingular only uses a GSM 850 signal, it will have no effect. What city do you live in? TH I live in Fountain Valley, CA and the Wireless Extender works perfectly as it should. Bruce D. Brown >> According to the web page, it only works on PCS phones for now. Does >> this product work with Cingular GSM phones? [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > TH You'll probably have 1900 in California. If you take the Wireless Extender to some other areas, rural Florida or Rural Minnesota or North Dakota, where GSM is only present in 850 mHz, it'll be a pretty "metal vine". TH > I live in Fountain Valley, CA and the Wireless Extender works perfectly as > it should. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > > > TH How can you tell if your area is covered by 850 or 1900? > How can you tell if your area is covered by 850 or 1900? If you are really technically oriented, you can take a handset with Test Mode and read/interpret the data from screen. If you are not, there are a couple of other things you can try: - Take two phones, one with 850 and 1900 capability (at least), and another that does NOT have 850. If both phones function in your market, you at least have 1900 mHz (however, in most areas where Cingular 850 mHz is present, 1900 is also present, but there are many markets where Cingular 1900 is present and 850 is not). - There are some websites that publish what carriers are *using* what frequencies in what markets, and what markets the carriers hold licenses which are not being used. I do not recall any URLs. - Post your location, and other users will be able to tell you. There are other options, but these are the easiest three that I could think of. TH Per Tropical Haven: >If you are really technically oriented, you can take a handset with Test >Mode and read/interpret the data from screen. Dunno how technically-competant I am, but I'm technically-oriented. Can this be done with GSM phones too? Specifically Moto v180. SignaturePeteCresswell > Per Tropical Haven: > >If you are really technically oriented, you can take a handset with Test [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > -- > PeteCresswell I don't know too much about the Motorola handsets, but I know the Nokia ones are easy to use. TH momcat_one@yahoo.com Wrote: > How can you tell if your area is covered by 850 or 1900? If you can tell me the service provider and the zip code, city an state you live in, I can tell you whether you have 850 or 1900 servic > momcat_one@yahoo.com Wrote: >> How can you tell if your area is covered by 850 or 1900? > > If you can tell me the service provider and the zip code, city and > state you live in, I can tell you whether you have 850 or 1900 service > :) Provider: Cingular City: Los Angeles State: California Zip: 90020 (near Western and 6th Street) Thanks. Steve Provider: Cingular (but much of the area by the house roams on Dobson Cell One) City: Hopewell Junction State: NY Zip: 12590 (I know they don't match) this zip is for Wappingers Falls, but I don't live in that town. USPS can't get ti straight Thanks! GSM in the USA primarily uses the PCS spectrum... 1900 mhz... albeit there is some 850 mhz now spreading around the USA. Therefore it should work ???? SFB > According to the web page, it only works on PCS phones for now. Does > this product work with Cingular GSM phones? [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] >>>to a repeater inside? Is there a reasonably inexpensive way to do >>>something like this? TIA I have a Blackberry 7100G and use Cingular. At home (Orange County, CA) Cingular uses 1900mh. It will work with any phone that uses 1900mh. Additionally, there is a return period (I think it is 30 days) where if the unit does not work for you, it can be returned. Bruce D. Brown > According to the web page, it only works on PCS phones for now. Does > this product work with Cingular GSM phones? [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] >>> to a repeater inside? Is there a reasonably inexpensive way to do >>> something like this? TIA >The cell phone reception in my house is not very reliable and I was >wondering if there is anything that I can do to improve it. If we go out on [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >repeater inside? Is there a reasonably inexpensive way to do something like >this? TIA You could buy a repeater for your house but it will cost you upwards of $700 (from companies such as Wilson Cellular.) - - It doesn't have to cost $700. I spent less than 1/2 and got the same results. Bruce D. Brown >>The cell phone reception in my house is not very reliable and I was >>wondering if there is anything that I can do to improve it. If we go out [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > - - > It doesn't have to cost $700. I spent less than 1/2 and got the same > results. > > Bruce D. Brown Depending on the area...there are hundreds of markets in which a cellular carrier does not have PCS coverage, and roaming while in the home market is not permitted. TH I agree with your statement but if your phone uses the 1900 mh band, the Wireless Extender costs much less than 1/2 the cost of a repeater. If your phone only works on the 850mh band, this will not work. Bruce D. Brown >> It doesn't have to cost $700. I spent less than 1/2 and got the same >> results. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > TH >> It doesn't have to cost $700. I spent less than 1/2 and got the same >> results. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > TH And what does that have to do with this subject?? Steve > >> It doesn't have to cost $700. I spent less than 1/2 and got the same > >> results. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Steve This means that if you buy a PCS antenna, and you are in a cellular market and you don't have access, to, for example, T-Mobile's network, the antenna will do you no good, because the antenna will only work with 1900 mHz and your service will only work 850 mHz. TH |
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