No mobile reception at home

[Woodworks]

We live in the sticks but do have mobile reception outside but when we built our house used a foil insulation and we get no reception inside. More and more customers text requirements and dont even try the landline and it's becoming a problem. I looked into some devices that re-broadcast the signal inside but apparently they are illegal to use but not sell. Then there is Vodaphone and the sure signal which gets pretty poor reviews.  

 

Any bright idea as to how we could use our mobile inside? 

 

Pretty fed up of standing outside in the rain to deal with orders.

[Mark Bolam]

Have you tried all the service providers?

Remembering everything is on either Vodafone, O2 or EE.

[Stubby]

Can you arrange to have calls/texts redirected to your land line if they are not answered after , say 3 rings ?

[departed]

EE do a signal booster that goes off your wifi, only available to business users that work from home. At least they did a few years ago when I was self employed. Might be worth a call?
Alternatively, if you've got an iPhone (5 onwards I think) you can use wifi calling. Not sure if android has something similar.

[Woodworks]

20 minutes ago, Stubby said:

Can you arrange to have calls/texts redirected to your land line if they are not answered after , say 3 rings ?

Worth looking into I guess. Sounds expensive though and I am a tight arsed log seller 

18 minutes ago, departed said:

EE do a signal booster that goes off your wifi, only available to business users that work from home. At least they did a few years ago when I was self employed. Might be worth a call?
Alternatively, if you've got an iPhone (5 onwards I think) you can use wifi calling. Not sure if android has something similar.

Sounds like EEs version of the Sure Signal. Dont think EE reception is very good around here even though their reception map says otherwise.

 

26 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

Have you tried all the service providers?

Remembering everything is on either Vodafone, O2 or EE.

How do you mean? Like the signal boosters or something else?

 

 

PS first ever multi quote how exciting

Edited November 29, 2017 by Woodworks

[Wendelspanswick]

Devices that rebroadcast mobile signals inside your home are not illegal, only the ones that are not approved are illegal.

My business partner lives in an area with no broadband so applied for a grant for a mobile broadband service, the grant (£500) had to be spent with a specific company who fitted a rebroadcast device to his house.

I was in a similar situation so I was going to buy a rebroadcast device (about £140 from memory) and fit it myself, who's to know  but luckily they put up a 4G tower about 1/2 mile from me.

[benedmonds]

1 hour ago, departed said:

EE do a signal booster that goes off your wifi, only available to business users that work from home. At least they did a few years ago when I was self employed. Might be worth a call?
Alternatively, if you've got an iPhone (5 onwards I think) you can use wifi calling. Not sure if android has something similar.

I have an EE signal booster. Without it I can't get a signal in the house. I don't know how it works but you need to have reasonable  broadband as it did not work when broadband was running at 2mg. Now with fibre at 60mg It is fine.. 

 

My solution when it wasn't working was to leave my phone hanging outside the front door were I could get a signal and wear my Bluetooth earpiece while in the house... Not an elegant solution but it meant I missed less calls...

[Stubby]

10 minutes ago, benedmonds said:

I have an EE signal booster. Without it I can't get a signal in the house. I don't know how it works but you need to have reasonable  broadband as it did not work when broadband was running at 2mg. Now with fibre at 60mg It is fine.. 

 

My solution when it wasn't working was to leave my phone hanging outside the front door were I could get a signal and wear my Bluetooth earpiece while in the house... Not an elegant solution but it meant I missed less calls...

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The mother of invention . Were there is a will there is a way !

Edited November 29, 2017 by Stubby

[Woodworks]

12 minutes ago, benedmonds said:

I have an EE signal booster. Without it I can't get a signal in the house. I don't know how it works but you need to have reasonable  broadband as it did not work when broadband was running at 2mg. Now with fibre at 60mg It is fine.. 

 

My solution when it wasn't working was to leave my phone hanging outside the front door were I could get a signal and wear my Bluetooth earpiece while in the house... Not an elegant solution but it meant I missed less calls...

We bought a Panasonic landline phone that's supposed to bluetooth to the mobile. Sadly to incompetent to make it work

[Stubby]

7 minutes ago, Stubby said:

The mother of invention . Were there is a will there is a way !

WTF happened there ?