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mobile phone reception extender...?

construct06 · 2008-09-16 22:03:32

mobile reception good upstairs, bad downstairs. is there anything that can be gotten to receive the signal and re broadcast around the house?

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16-09-2008 11:03pm

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construct06

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mobile reception good upstairs, bad downstairs.

is there anything that can be gotten to receive the signal and re broadcast around the house?

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#2 20-09-2008 1:36pm
cherryghost

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cover your house in tinfoil. :rolleyes:

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#3 08-10-2011 6:50pm
thomas.oleary

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Dragging up old topics here but Vodafone have this:

http://www.vodafone.ie/mobilephoneservices/suresignal/

Don't know how good it is but it's worth a try

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#4 09-10-2011 9:11pm
Capt'n Midnight

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it's like a little base station

but you need broadband internet for it to work

or look on http://www.askcomreg.ie/mobile/siteviewer.273.LE.asp
to see which mobile operator has a mast near you

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#5 22-02-2012 4:39pm
shanemangan

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Its possible to make a home-made device that will boost your signal downstairs. I don't know the laws surrounding it though. Do a quick google search and you'll find instructables on how to make one.

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