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Boost in-house Phone Reception

  • 09-06-2021 1:48pm
    #1
    Johnboy1951
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    The house has miserable mobile phone service. To use a mobile phone reliably requires a visit to the great outdoors!

    There will be a temporary requirement for a full phone service in house (hopefully - as a result of a medical procedure ) sometime in the coming months - depending on a lot of things outside our control.

    What might be the most cost effective method these days of achieving the goal?
    The house is well separated from neighbours as it is on its own site outside a built up area, so am not very concerned about interference.
    It also has foil-backed insulation.

    Suggestions welcome ...... but cost is a big factor.


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    babelfish1990
    Registered Users Posts: 578 ✭✭✭babelfish1990


    Johnboy1951 wrote: »
    The house has miserable mobile phone service. To use a mobile phone reliably requires a visit to the great outdoors!

    There will be a temporary requirement for a full phone service in house (hopefully - as a result of a medical procedure ) sometime in the coming months - depending on a lot of things outside our control.

    What might be the most cost effective method these days of achieving the goal?
    The house is well separated from neighbours as it is on its own site outside a built up area, so am not very concerned about interference.

    Suggestions welcome ...... but cost is a big factor.
    If you have good WiFi inside the house, use WiFi-calling. You will need a handset with the WiFi calling feature supported by your carrier (most recent smart phones have it). You will also need a plan from a carrier that supports it. Eir/GoMo support full WiFi calling including both voice calls, texts and use while roaming. Vodafone has a limited version that doesnt do text, and doesn't work while roaming, on some plans only. WiFi Calling routes normal voice calls and texts over WiFi, when available, so you can create your own indoor coverage.


  • #3
    Johnboy1951
    Registered Users Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    babelfish1990 wrote: »
    If you have good WiFi inside the house, use WiFi-calling. You will need a handset with the WiFi calling feature supported by your carrier (most recent smart phones have it). You will also need a plan from a carrier that supports it. Eir/GoMo support full WiFi calling including both voice calls, texts and use while roaming. Vodafone has a limited version that doesnt do text, and doesn't work while roaming, on some plans only. WiFi Calling routes normal voice calls and texts over WiFi, when available, so you can create your own indoor coverage.

    I like that idea.
    I have no idea what phone they have or its capabilities, so will need to check that - a used phone received from a relative.
    The previous phone definitely did not have that capability.

    Thanks for that suggestion ...... I will check out the phone.


  • #4
    Johnboy1951
    Registered Users Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    It appears that WiFi calling is not available to GoMo customers on the older packages ...... €9.99 and €12.99 per month.
    They say they will provide it to older customers 'over the coming months' - whatever that might mean.
    Worth watching to see who moves soonest ...... the medical people or Eir/GoMo.
    I would not care to bet on either :(

    I guess a second SIM from GoMo for a couple of months recovery might suffice ....... which raises a question .....

    Is it possible to have the same phone number on two GoMo SIMs at the same time?


  • #5
    smuggler.ie
    Registered Users Posts: 4,076 ✭✭✭smuggler.ie


    Johnboy1951 wrote: »
    Is it possible to have the same phone number on two GoMo SIMs at the same time?
    I suspect not...
    history of boards 2021




  • #6
    Johnboy1951
    Registered Users Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    It all worked out in the end.

    Used a VOIP account for making calls so that covered the absolute necessities, and a few text messages went through when the phone was carried to a reception spot.



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