Mobile signal boosters… worth it?

[CrypticCrud]

We live in a dip on the outskirts of nowhere and all networks have terrible signal / speeds.

I’ve been looking at purchasing one of those kits you stick a receiver up high outside & a box on the inside? Booster kit presumably?

I’ve seen prices vary between £2-400 but am unsure what to look for.

Does anyone have knowledge / advice please?

TIA



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Can't you use wifi calling?
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[stinkwheel]

I did experiment with a mobile router at one point. Basically a wireless router you put a sim card in. It then provided a wifi network in the house and you could plug normal DECT phones into it which make and receive calls like a normal house phone using the mobile number.

My reasoning was that I also have very patchy mobile reception in my house (it gets one network downstairs and a different one upstairs) but I could locate the router where it got a good signal.

It was really an experiment to see if I could do away with the fairly expensive landline/broadband and just use mobile internet and calling instead. It worked fine but the 4G speeds were intermittant, prone to cutting out and even at best not as fast as the wired broadband.

Also, despite it always having a good signal strength, you couldn't always get a call in or out, the connection would keep dropping while still showing 4 bars of signal. This was pretty much the same as with the mobile phone itself. I concluded that even with a good signal, there clearly isn't enough bandwidth on the mobile mast it's connecting to to reliably get internet and make phone calls. As such, in my location, a mobile phone is effectively useless as a reliable means of communication. I will need to come up with some solution when the landlines eventually get cut off, probably going to be a VOIP phone.

Obviously, this isn't exactly what you want because the SIM is in the router meaning you can't take it away with you (although you might be able to get an extra SIm for cheap from some providers?). Just a different take on the tech and a warning that in poor coverage areas, even if you do get a signal, it's no garauntee you'll be able to actually make phone calls.
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I was at Waterloo station the other day and had almost max 5G bars on my phone, still couldn't get on the Internet reliably It seems you need a good signal and a mast that isn't overloaded.
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Lousy mobile signal and no broadband to the property?

Satellite internet is the answer you're looking for.

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