No mobile reception at home

[Daniël Bos]

Had the same problem here a few years ago so bought a car handsfree kit and ran it off 12 volt charger, the aerial was on the facia outside . All worked well but they have sorted out reception now so dont need it,
 
Bob

That was then, this is now.
No modern car kits use an external aerial, all rely on the phone itself.

[aspenarb]

18 minutes ago, Daniël Bos said:

That was then, this is now.
No modern car kits use an external aerial, all rely on the phone itself.

 

Still some about that take an external aerial  http://www.bury.com/consumer/uk/products/kategorie/cradle-with-charging-and-antenna-3/produkt/system-9-5/seite/technische-daten.html

[Greys0n]

i know about satelite internet but the speed is low and the price is high

[openspaceman]

On 11/30/2017 at 15:04, Treadlight Forestry said:

Are you on Vodafone?

 

Then just get a phone that supports Wifi Calling........

 

http://www.vodafone.co.uk/explore/network/network-improvements/wi-fi-calling/?cid=vnty-vod-auto/dvynfvtq(uv(bx)ijfjuneejth

I hadn't realised such 'phones existed, it does away with the need to have a separate box for the picocell.

 

So a 4G router with an external aerial would replace a landline and poor adsl.

 

In practice here near Crediton we do seem to need to reboot the router about once a day but otherwise two of us have good broadband service simultaneously wheras the adsl would fail with two people online and windows 10 pc could not update itself.

[Wendelspanswick]

Both EE and Vodafone support WiFi Calling, not sure on the other networks. 

You need a WiFi Calling enabled phone and I know with Vodafone you have to have purchased the phone direct from them and not through a reseller like Carphone Warehouse. 

[Bunzena]

We had this problem and initially resorted to using an O2 Boostbox that routes mobile calls via a broadband link.  Like many others have said here - it works well if you have a fast broadband link - but otherwise it was very patchy.  Typically cutting out after a call lasted more than a couple of minutes.  More of a toy than a solution. 

 

In the end we forked-out for a mobile phone signal booster/repeater made by Cel-fi.  It's the only legal option in the UK.  The ones on eBay aren't - and the fines are astronomical if you do get caught.

 

It was pretty expensive but works really well.  We went from one flaky bar in the house to 5 bars.  Call quality is crystal clear, we now get 3G data [great when the internet goes down] and there's no need to register each individual phone that uses the system [unlike the O2 Boostbox].  There are two units [a Base Station and a Transmitter] - BUT you do need at least one bar somewhere in the property - so if you have that - this might be an option. 

 

[The Base Station does have an aerial 'port' - so if you barely get one bar you could put a High Gain Antennae in the loft or on the roof].

 

Setting the thing up is very, very simple - it essentially does itself!  The two units talk to each other - and there are even graphics on a little screen to help.  No technical knowledge required - and once installed you just use your phone like normal.  The only downside is the price - and that each unit only boosts/repeats for one Network only.  So if you are on O2 and the wife is on Vodafone - you'll need two sets.  Budget £1400+ for that.

 

I saw in the press the other day that Ofcom may be about to deregulate the booster/repeater market -perhaps as early as Q1 next year.  That will bring more choice and lower prices - but don't hold your breath.

 

Hope this helps.