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Improving Cell Reception

Ask Meta Filter provided some advice on legitimate ways to boost cellphone reception indoors. We thought we’d expound on it.

  • The first and easiest solution is…if your cell phone doesn’t work where you want it to…perhaps a new provider is in order.
  • Second of course is a passive antenna and some low-loss antenna cable. Of course, it does limit your mobility, as you want the antenna to not move and you want to move. You can also tie two antennas together via a low-loss antenna cable…which is a passive repeater
  • Slate.com covered amplified repeaters, which can be prohibitively expensive for the frugal techie, costing several hundred dollars at least. However, if your cell phone is your primary phone, you might think it worth it.
Published on January 9, 2007
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