Mobile phone signal booster

sebring

Urgent help needed before I go nuts,

I recently moved flat and i'm unable to receive a mobile phone signal in the house at all ,currently 3 mobile network, I have contacted the network and gone to every mobbile phone shop I can think of to see if I can buy some sort of booster however nothing seems to exist.

solutions would be greatly appreciated.

bohma2000

I'm not trying to be funny but what is the point of trying to boost a signal that does not exist?

cymru81

what about a femcell? not sure if 3 does one....?

sebring

Hi there there is a miniscule signal at the top of the window in the living room so as good as no signal .

And cymru81 I don't think 3 do a Femtocell It was the first place i checked

Thanks for the responses though guys,much appreciated.

sebring

Alternatively a means to increase the signal reception of my Samsung Galaxy S

bubblesmoney

Signal boosters are transmitting in licensed frequencies and can interfere with regular signal so need a license to be legal. How ever doing a simple Google search gives one many such products.

Best of luck but please keep in mind it is a criminal offence to use transmitting equipment without a licence as per ofcom website

System

This may be what you need, but these things are not cheap.

http://www.antennasonline.co.uk/products/78/Passive-Repeater-Kit/

They say this is legal in the UK but you may want to confirm this for yourself.

LeeSouthEast

£400 will give you (and the rest of the block of flats!) a decent 3G signal by boosting the outdoor one. It's not a cheap option though.

fyimate

My flat has had double glazing in so whereas before you could stand by the window and get...erm...2 or 3 bars, now it's always on 1 or none!

Surely 3 should fork out for the booster?
Is there anything they can do about poor signals in flats?

LeeSouthEast

Yep. Put up more towers. Not quick, or cheap. They are victims of the spectrum they paid for.

lozzaman

How long do you have left on the contract? I'm guessing a while if you have the Galaxy S.
From what it sounds like neither 3 or Orange have coverage in your flat. It is possible the other operators do.

If there was enough coverage anywhere in the flat (which it doesn't sound like?) it would have been possible to use a bluetooth headset for calling.