So I'm looking at around 2 to 3 bars MAX outside and maybe 1 inside the house. If original signal not great can this really help me?
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No it will not I had one bar and unless I was 5 feet away from it the signal never improved
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Eugene, I had zero bars outside of my travel trailer in a back woods Colorado campground. I placed the antenna on a mast 25 feet up above the base unit. I have a full 4 bars inside my travel trailer and can use my AT&T iPhone 4 without any issue. This includes 4G data (note - not 4G LTE data, just 4G data). This is good enough to stream video from VuDu and Hulu streaming services, though Netflix has difficulty at times with connecting. Note: the trick is to get the external antenna as high as possible and the more directly above the base unit the better. Also, the transmission inside is not over a great distance. For instance, my travel trailer is 32 feet long. With the base unit in the center of the trailer, I lose 1 bar at the front and back of the trailer so the signal doesn't travel that far from the base unit. Still usable but just a loss of one bar. Outside of the trailer I get nothing. This is to be expected since my travel trailer has metal siding. I'm very pleased with the unit and how it works. It is a little light weight, especially the antenna so treat it with care and you should do fine with your situation. The good thing is Amazon's return policy if it doesn't work for you. Just get that external antenna up as high as you can and as far away vertically from the base as you can. That seems to be where most people are running into problems with the zBoost.
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It didn't work for me at all (1 inside, 2 outside). Let me emphasize AT ALL. I ended up returning the unit and getting one sold by my cell phone company that gave me 4 bars inside as well as for a short distance outside (3 living levels, one booster).
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It depends upon the signal strength, but, from my experience, I doubt it. I was only able to get the channels from two networks with a third occasionally and I live just a few miles outside the city.
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What bothers me is that you said you live miles from "coverage," which could mean you show zero bars of signal. That won't work. You need to be inside the AT&T; coverage area and showing some kind of signal. Even one bar with -105 dB will work...but there needs to be something to latch onto.
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Hello,I installed mine over a year ago and it works amazing up here in the mountains even with a steel building. I have 5 bars on my phone through out my 7,000 sq ft structure. As I remember I had to call Wilson and ask which antenna would be best for my system. I purchased whatever they told me to get...and it works awesome. If you are wondering...definitely call Wilson for your particular installation and location.
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So...whats the question? lol Anyway, try going somewhere else and seeing if it gets a signal? Could be trees, buildings, a mountain, whatever blocking it from getting a signal. I often have trouble getting a signal at my home since there's a mountain behind my house. But if I go just 1 or 2 houses down the street I can get a signal pretty fast. Have the same issue with cell phone reception.
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I haven't installed my unit outside yet. I have it plugged in inside the house. I rent camper spaces and the people in the camper about 500 feet away had to hook up a receiver to get good reception in there camper. I think if I had it installed outside they would pick it up fine. My neighbor has one and he picks it up good all over his farm and can get 2 bars half a mile away. He mounted his on top of his tallest barn. If you aren't able to get enough bars maybe you could put a receiver/router thing on (I don't know what they put on but it was something they already owned)
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Yes, but signal tsrength is the problem of its use. Bee sure youar lined up witg the source, and[position the antennae for max reception.
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My experience - I was getting low bars on Wi-Fi (1-3 bars, poor to fair). When I hooked this up I went to Excellent (5 bars). -Skip
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I just read the other answer and I thought that was a bit short so I just tested it. From my smoker, through my house(75'); out the front and across the street(75'); up to the corner(150'); across the street and up 1/2 of the block(150'); still getting a signal. Starts to become intermittent during the next 39' before I lost it altogether. So maybe mine's special but I have no problem taking it all through my house and in any kind of weather.
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Well if it is not reading signals you are probably not close enough. The range is horrible on this thing. With that being said make sure you are searching from within the program they installed on your comp
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Yes however it alldepenton Yes. Qualty of signal may not be the best. If moving.
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I use a JacobsPart wifi Router in a mobile home from my son's wifi about 300' away (I cannot even pick up FM radio without an outside antenna). I get 3 bars which equals good signal. It works great. Of course I am not on the computer that much, but it works aytime I connect. And his home has aluminum siding to pass thru also.
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I am sorry, but I cant help you. I am not a tech-y expert. I will advise that I have no problem with its normal performance as the signal travels between concrete walls in my home.
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I think it will depend entirely on your setup. For instance for me using Verizon, I have outside signal strength of - 98db for voice and - 101db for 3g. I have inside antennas mounted on living room ceiling 8ft up right in the middle of the room. My living room is about 400sqf. But usable coverage extends to an area roughly 1000sqf for me. But honestly I think if I mounted higher it would be more coverage. The signal from inside antenna roughly is cone shaped coming from it. So again the better your outside signal and the higher you mount inside antenna the more you would get. I think mine would probably cover 2500sqf if mounted upstairs in my house. But where I have in living room signal actually goes upstairs. And once I'm outside I have coverage anyways.
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Don't know if you will get a mile out of this. Also depends on if anyone around you has WIFI and will disrupt the signal. Take a look at using WIFI point to point antennas on the access points for better range. Ive gotten 2-3 miles with access points and 2 point to point antennas in a country outdoors setting.
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we installed this in a metal barn 30x40 16ft ceiling we weren't getting any signal now we are getting 5 bars no problem. We installed the outdoor antenna on a pole 8 ft above the roof line and the inside antenna was installed in the ceiling center of the building. We adjusted the unit and have had no issues with it for over a year now.
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It helped me with 3 bars. Put it at the ledge of a window. I great great service in a weak wifi area. jhand84@yahoo.com