AT&T and cell phone signal boosters.

[N80]

I usually get around -117 LTE and can't tell the difference from when I'm in town so hopefully it will work well for you.

 

[TemporaryKubotaOwnerMark]

- If you lose power, you lose GPS lock. Don't know if it's policy or fed law, but these extenders won't work without a GPS signal for 911 calls, at least ours didn't.

It's not for 911 calls. It's not policy, and it's not law. It's engineering. It's for timing. Cellular base stations (which is what that thing really is) require a very precise timing signal to synchronize with the network. The GPS supplies that time signal.


The Wilson is a good choice. That company has been around a long time and builds a quality unit.

 

[FTG-05]

It's not for 911 calls. It's not policy, and it's not law. It's engineering. It's for timing. Cellular base stations (which is what that thing really is) require a very precise timing signal to synchronize with the network. The GPS supplies that time signal.


The Wilson is a good choice. That company has been around a long time and builds a quality unit.

Makes sense. The first thing we did to update the US Early Warning Radars to the GMD UEWR standard for the GMD program was to install two GPS antennas on the radar buildings. No it wasn't to ensure we knew exactly where the building was (although that is useful), it's to provide the exacting timing signals for missile intercepts.

Now, having said that, you proved my point: You need three things for a cell network extender to work: power, the internet and GPS signal. Anyone one of them down, you're screwed for cell phone signals.

Good to know about Wilson. My Pro 70 unit should be here Wednesday.

Thanks,

 

[FTG-05]

It's not for 911 calls. It's not policy, and it's not law. It's engineering. It's for timing. Cellular base stations (which is what that thing really is) require a very precise timing signal to synchronize with the network. The GPS supplies that time signal.


The Wilson is a good choice. That company has been around a long time and builds a quality unit.

Direct from the manual (emphasis added):

"By utilizing a built-in GPS antenna, the Network Extender is
capable of maintaining exact network timing updates and
providing E911 services with an accurate location."

I remembered the last part about the E911 but not the first part.

 

[TemporaryKubotaOwnerMark]

Makes sense. The first thing we did to update the US Early Warning Radars to the GMD UEWR standard for the GMD program was to install two GPS antennas on the radar buildings. No it wasn't to ensure we knew exactly where the building was (although that is useful), it's to provide the exacting timing signals for missile intercepts.

Now, having said that, you proved my point: You need three things for a cell network extender to work: the extender, the internet and GPS signal. Anyone one of them down, you're screwed for cell phone signals.

Yep. Timing is everything with a digital signal. It's even more precise for CDMA vs. GSM, but it's essential to both. :drink:

 

[QRTRHRS]

Thought that I would give a little update. We switched to Verizon Wireless. The signal strength is one or two bars so it is not super but it is better than what we had. We do have good coverage in areas of our county that had none before. We had to have a land line to get DSL for internet and that will have a wireless modem that we can resort to. Our plan is less than what we had minus the new phones that we splurged on (an I-phone 7 for my wife and a Samsung Galaxy 8 Plus for me). She still was using an I-phone 4 and my LG was 3.5 years old so we were due.

I think about the only issue was that we went through Wal-Mart for the phones and contract but in order to switch my wife's I-pad over, we need to go to a Verizon storefront. There are two about a little over an hour away. The day we went, their system was down affecting both stores. For some reason only the corporate store can do the Sim card on an I-pad?