Is there any such thing as a Cell Phone antenna booster?

by A Digital Diva

I live in a very marginal cell. phone reception area; sometimes I get the tower, with one or two bars, and sometimes not. I’d like to drop my land line due to trouble with Verizon, my provider. Can I get some kind of antenna I can mount on the side of my house for better cellular phone reception? Then perhaps I could get WiFi for my computers as well… TIA!

Answer by DON
You could check with your cell phone provider to see if they have any suggestions.

BTW – Those stickers that you put on the phone or under the battery are a scam.

Don

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Cell phone reception is awful where many people keep their RVs out in the hilly desert, particular AT&T (surprise surprise). A lot of the RVers purchase signal boosters to overcome this, or simply move to an area where there is less hills nearby.

If so, do they help you get a better signal? I have 2 cellphones and I get great reception out on the highway and around the town i live in. But when I try to use my cell phone in my home or even outside my home i only get like one little bar and i lose my calls.

Answer by bluenjet
Yes, they have been around for years. I don’t hold much with the “stick it on the back” type and never really found that it had any effect on my signal. Depending on the type of phone you have, you may be able to get a wired booster that will simply plug into the back of your phone (under a little rubber pad usually) these work great.

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