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    Good cell signal repeater/booster/range extender for use with Tmo?

    The structure has thick, solid walls, good service outside becomes terrible inside, so looking for something to boost the signal indoors.

    Anyone have experience with this to recommend hardware?
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    Check out Wilson Electronics' products. They're U.S. made. Be sure to focus in on the correct frequency bands for T-Mobile, as they have a variety of models.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kspecial View Post
    The structure has thick, solid walls, good service outside becomes terrible inside, so looking for something to boost the signal indoors.

    Anyone have experience with this to recommend hardware?
    If you live in a house not apartment T-Mobile may give you one of these for freehttp://support.t-mobile.com/communit...signal_booster It is the Cel-Fi signal booster. The other requirements is you have to be using a 3G/4G device and can pick up 3G signal outdoors.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kspecial
    The structure has thick, solid walls, good service outside becomes terrible inside, so looking for something to boost the signal indoors.

    Anyone have experience with this to recommend hardware?
    I use the hardware from JDteck and it works fine for me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by powertoburn View Post
    If you live in a house not apartment T-Mobile may give you one of these for freehttp://support.t-mobile.com/communit...signal_booster It is the Cel-Fi signal booster. The other requirements is you have to be using a 3G/4G device and can pick up 3G signal outdoors.
    Indeed, I hear that works well. Unfortunately, it requires a contract plan and will renew for two years. But from the threads on it, it seems to work pretty well.

    It sounds like you're not talking about a single family type home though, so you'd probably need something that can cover a much larger area?
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    Interesting... I have a more industrial need for one - we have these giant cold rooms, and the cell phone signal inside them is understandably non-existent. So I'd like to get something to give coverage inside.

    The Wilson Electronics ones look like they might do the trick...

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