I've seen the thread about a repeater for using a cell phone indoors.
I'm looking for a different solution.... an external antenna aimed
towards the nearest tower (if need be determined by trial & error) to
improve reception indoors slightly. The situation is that I can get 3
"bars" on my Nokia outdoors, but only one or two indoors. I figure
with an antenna aimed properly, I should be able to get 3
consistently, maybe four. But my old Nokia doesn't have a connection
for an external antenna cable. Does anyone know which phones offered
by T-Mobile do? I've called customer support and they were no help at
all.... basically they seem to have access only to the same
information available on T-Mobile's web site, and it doesn't show that
as a "feature" (or at least I couldn't find it).

I need only a basic phone, no color, no picture capability, not even
text messaging. I'm simply trying to eliminate a land line.

FWIW, I've visited a web page offering external antennas, and they
offer connection kits for virtually any cell phone, but for those
without an antenna connection, they use a pickup coil. I don't want to
use that approach as I would expect it to be bulky and possibly not as
reliable as using a phone with an actual antenna connection.
Charlie Hoffpauir
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