We moved.

[Air Ready Auto]

Well, my family and I upgraded our living situation. We moved from a cruddy townhouse with awefull neighbors (except one family we became quite close to), crappy management on the best of days, the main railroad switching station in spitting distance, and the building falling down around us to a lovely house in a quiet neighborhood with almost exactly twice the room and the monthly rent is exactly the same. The only real problem is that this house seams to be where cell signal goes to die. Outside the front door, full service. Step in the house, nada. Oh well. And yes I will post pics.

[RDawson]

Congrats on the move. I have the same cell signal issues, I haven't really looked into it yet but I've been hearing good things about cell repeaters. One side mounts in the house, the other outside and is supposed to boost the signal.

[slowrollwv]

Congrats on the move. I had the same problem at my place. I have Cingular as my carrier and I got a Micro-cell from them and hooked to my PC I can hook 10 phones up to it if they have the same carrier. It works great around here.

[N3FOL]

Perhaps find out which phone carrier has the best signal in your location and switch.

[MiCarl]

There are also carriers that work on wifi where available. So the phone would use your internet at the house and switch to cell away. It'll also be less $$ than a regular cell plan, but you do have to buy the phone up front.

 

We've been with Republic wireless for more than two years. Been very happy.

[BlueSky]

That is one disadvantage to having a metal roof. May not be the case with your situation. Yep, our phones switch to wifi when we are within range which is inside the house or very close.

[bongobobny]

Perhaps find out which phone carrier has the best signal in your location and switch.

Yup! Where I live Verizon is the only carrier that gives me bars anywhere inside the house besides next to the window...

[slowrollwv]

For my area none of the carriers have reception unless you are out side and away from you house. There is a transmitter about 4 miles away but it does not do any good that is why I got the Micro cell. Now I have full signal any where I am in side or out.

[djh3]

I have the same issue with the carriers I have used. I use to be on Sprint, if you complain enough they will give you a signal booster free to use while you are with them. Verizon has a booster that works for them. But you have to buy it on your own dime. I dont know if there is a generic type unit that will work or not. Both the units mentioned before need interweb connection to work.

[Woody]

There is another option as with my phone and the last three phones I have had, on Verizon it is called advanced calling and wifi calling so if I have a wifi signal but not a cell service signal I can still talk on the phone. such as right now I am at work deep inside a metal building with no cell service at all but I am still able to use my phone because of a good wifi connection. look under settings then advanced calling and turn on wifi calling.

[cowpuc]

Congrats Ready and Family!! Hope you folks are 100% enjoying your new home!!

[CaseyJ955]

I have no cell signal at home either, in fact my internet is pretty slugish at 1.5 on a good day. Its a small price to pay for having no immediate neighbors. Its barely enough to watch Netflix in low def. I looked into cell boosters, they run around $300-400. I decided to just use an OOMA box for landline. In its most basic form its a $30 box and $4/mo and behaves just like a landline. I ditched my actual landline and cable/direct TV years ago. I pay under $50/mo for Netflix, OOMA and internet and I never had to buy the cell repeater or booster. It suits my needs perfectly, YMMV. Congrats on the move, quite an upgrade!

[Kretz]

Congrats on the improvement to your living conditions. Enjoy & have a great Christmas in your new home!