Mobile Phone Signal Booster £385

temba

Hi all you clever techie folks,

My Dad works from home, but can't get mobile phone reception in his office. He can get reception in other places in the house. It's a 4 bed detached house, so not massive, but his office is in the converted garage so for some reason the phone signal doesn't get to there. He is looking to buy a mobile phone signal booster and has been advised by the technical manager at his company that this one is the one to get:

http://www.mobdev.co.uk/acatalog/TX900P_Home_Small_Office_Amplified_Booster_System_-_Outdoor_900_MHz.html

It is pretty expensive at £385, but that maybe because it is a good one, and he doesn't see any point in getting one that may or may not work. As it is for work he does NEED it to work.

BUT.... I did find several on the internet that are cheaper.

So, I have two questions:

1) Is there any way I can get this particular one cheaper (I have looked, but couldn't find it anywhere else)

2) Would a cheaper one do exactly the same, or is this one made with superdooper componenents?

Thank you in advance,

T

silvercar

May be cheaper to try a different mobile. I've just upgraded to a slidy samsung and can't get signal in some rooms in my house, whereas my old motorola phone (which had a stubby aerial) could pick up a signal anywhere.

Conor_3

My mate lives in Spain. Basically what he has is something that looks like a TV aerial on the outside that points towards the transmitter and has a lead that comes into the house which plugs into the bottom of the phone. He went from no signal to 5 bars.

But as solvercar has pointed out, part of the problem is that antennas are integrated into the phone case nowadays.

Cat695

what phone is it?

temba

I can't remember off the top of my head, but I think it is some kind of blackberry thing. I'll find out. Thanks for replies.

Harlan_2

Have a look here

http://www.panorama-antennas.com/shop/index.html

The sell aerial for 3g cards but these should also work for a mobile phone, if there is not a aerial connector for your phone the modem mate may work