[plug] OT: Mobile reception boost

[Onno Benschop]

Carl Gherardi wrote:

>Hey all,
>
>I'm about to get on the phone and do some research into how I can
>boost the mobile phone reception in my home.
>
>I live in a mobile dead spot, but can get clear reception out the
>front of my house, and while standing on a 2 foot wall limestone in my
>back garden(!). When my phone is inside people calling me get the 'out
>of mobile range' response for aboiut 95% of calls, making my mobile
>almost useless. (note I live in East Vic Park, not in the sticks
>somewhere)
>
>I have a hunch that the building materials of my house affect this directly.
>
>Has anyone hit this previoiusly and investigated a solution such as an
>antenae of some sort?
>
>  
>
Well, I have a similar problem, travelling out and about and coming 
across all manner of interesting levels of coverage. As others have 
suggested, external antennas and boosters are available. I've 
investigated a few, not actually purchased any just yet, but these guys 
look pretty promising:

    http://www.alternativewireless.com/

This afternoon I also thought of another way of solving the problem, by 
putting my phone into the car and in it's car-kit and external antenna 
and use a blue-tooth ear piece to answer the phone.

At the moment I'm going one step further and investigating if I can use 
my local Asterisk PBX to manage my phone, so it can sit in the car and I 
can use a cordless phone to answer calls and call out. I'll let you know 
how that goes...

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