Cell phone booster ???

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Q. When we go to the (recently-aquired) cabin we are just on the edge of cell phone service. We can get a signal less than a mile from the cabin, in terrain that is heavily forested and has variances of elevation of no more than 50 feet vertical We really don't want to have permanent (line) phone service in the cabin, but it would be nice to have cell phone service just in case Someone suggested we get a cell phone booster for the car and/or cabin

A. I live under the same condition. I have no service inside the house. I had an extra magnetic antenna for the vehicle. I put the antenna on top of the roof and ran the wire inside through a window. I have two bars of signal now. Not able to walk around inside the house and talk but can set in my chair and talk all I want. I was reading Verizon's new customer agreement looking to see what tricks they're using to keep customers from suing them, now, with a new company policy. I noticed Verizon Wireless now has a whole paragraph telling you you cannot have a booster amp or repeater or anything that'll connect your phone to their system. There are very few cell phones that work inside a brick and steel I-beam building. When I go to B.J.'s Warehouse, Wal-Mart or such, I need to be near a window or door to get a signal. That's been true for just about every cell phone / carrier I've used. It may very well be the nature of the beast. T-mobile service is bad. I live in a medium to large metro area. The phone won't connect half the time. I sent back the phone and got a refund. And canelled service. It was a package deal on HSN.

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