Signal Boosters for voice and data

dufferlover

Hi all. So in three weeks time we are moving to rural Meath. Trying to find any sort of broadband option has consumed me over the past few months. We tried Imagine LTE (who work of the Three network) to no avail. The only networks we get signal with are Eir and Vodafone and it's dodgy at times. There are parts of the house and outside you can make phone calls no problem but one step sideways and we have no service!

Anyway after much research I'm close to making a call on three products to help us. The first is this booster for voice only - https://retail.novatel.ie/consumer-signal-boosters/3g-900mhz-gsm-repeater

And the second for data these two - https://trade.novatel.ie/lte-gsm/9dbi-cross-polarised-high-gain-outdoor-lte-panel-antenna-xpol-2

https://trade.novatel.ie/mobile-broadband-router/tp-link-tl-mr6400-4g-lte-router

They don't come cheap but I'm willing to pay if they work. Has anyone any experience of them? Thanks in advance folks.

ED E

dufferlover wrote: »

We tried Imagine LTE (who work of the Three network)

Nope. Imagine have their own radios in an entirely different band to the MNOs.

Dont go buying stuff until you see what cells are serving you from where. There might be ok Voda/Eir reception at specific points on the ground but amazing Three coverage from the roof. Ladder, three sim cards, go.

dufferlover

ED E wrote: »

Nope. Imagine have their own radios in an entirely different band to the MNOs.

Dont go buying stuff until you see what cells are serving you from where. There might be ok Voda/Eir reception at specific points on the ground but amazing Three coverage from the roof. Ladder, three sim cards, go.

We've done this, we went 200m up!! Absolutely nothing with three, decent with Eir but Vodafone by far the best by a country mile.

ED E

The antenna will function best while aimed so use http://siteviewer.comreg.ie to find your angle for that.


Personally I'd go with Huawei over TP, Cellular stuff from them has always been pretty "meh" while Huawei make the infrastructure. 250GB/mo is decent enough as long as you aren't a media heavy family.