I don't have line of sight to the nearest cell tower so will this product work?
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You do not have to visually see the tower, but you do have to already be able to get some signal.
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I don't either. I live on the side of some rolling hills. But if you sit near the indoor antenna, office or living room location, it works great but don't get up & walk around.
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I'm blocked by a lot of tall trees and some elevated terrain - not a mountain, but foothill features - and my booster works great. Went from barely a bar ever to two bars of service and even 4G occasionally.
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If you have cell power when outside your building even if it is weak, this product will work just fine. Remember the external antenna is on your roof?
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Im in the mountains and cell tower is out of sight and very weak. This booster boosts it up greatly. I can watch movies on roku with no buffering
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It will. If a signal is in the area, it will pick it up . Just follow directions in the manual. Try WiFi calling if your mobile allows it.its a plus for me.
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I have a metal roof on my house. I have the antenna mounted on the end of the roof closest to the cell tower. I am behind a hill that previously blocked all reception. I do have to have the phone close to the inside antenna (15' to 25') and not in the room where my wifi router is.
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I was 28 miles away and I couldn't get reception with the product. I also had hills in the way. So perhaps you'll be okay. Also my are is the San Francisco bay area. I tried this product about two years ago. Maybe it's better now.
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Yes. It works best if it is pointed directly at the tower. Perhaps you can target the exact location if you adjust the direction at night when the towers flashing white or blue light is on. Signal at that distance fades in and out but the booster does help. If anything go big. Don't waste your time with little boosters. Horse power is expensive and worth every penny.
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Your position with a GPS signal is triangulated with satellites so I would say yes it will work as long as there are satellites.
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http://www.antennaweb.org/ will show you what kind of antenna will work and how far you are away from the tower.
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Yes. This requires an Internet connection (preferably reasonably high speed and reliable). The device creates an effective "cell tower" in your home, so your cell phone thinks it has good coverage. But, in order for it to complete a call, or present your device with a data connection, it needs to route all of the traffic over the Internet, hence it needs something like a "cable connection", DSL, or FiOS, etc.
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maybe.but I live on the 13th floor.This product works best when you have an unobstructed,view and are within 25 miles of the signal antenna.I do meet all of these criteria and I am very happy
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No it did nothing for my situation. I live in a valley about 2 miles from a tower. My signal is always 2 or less & I sent this back as it didn't change the signal at all. I even had a directional antenna.
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As long as you can get a GPS connection. The antenna has a long wire to get it to a window. The unit connects via internet to a cell tower so a metal building should be no problem. It then becomes a cell tower to the inside of the building. I think that the GPS tells it the location so it can figure out what cell tower to address. Mine came with the GPS and I am guessing about 15 ft of cable. Bill H
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Dear Donna. From my experience with this product so far, it does not work as advertised. I live in a hilly area, about 4 miles from a tower. I get average bars of signal at my house without the unit. The only thing the unit seems to boost is the Wi-Fi strength if my wireless internet in the house. It dies nit seem to boost my cell signal whatsoever. Sincerely, Ken W.
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Yes it will, there is a long cord for the antenna so you can move the booster a pretty good ways away. But you do have to keep the phone in the booster and would need to use either Bluetooth or speaker phone to talk. I had it located in our office and the booster on the opposite side of room on desk. About 10' + away from antenna. It really does work well to increase your signal.
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Most likely. I use it as far as 8 miles, but it is pretty much line of sight. If you can't see your target, it probably won't work. Check the Ubiquiti Wiki for set up instructions on using it as a simple wifi access device. That is pretty much its out of the box defaults.
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It most likely will work, so long you are in WiFi range. This unit will not work with out an Internet connection.
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I have found that location and direction is vital to reception. If you can find out what direction the tower is located and point it in that way you should get decent reception.
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I believe the Range Extender is designed to work with the native phone frequency. The Cell phone has to remain within 10 to 15 feet of the base unit or the voice transmission will be very intermittent