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Has anybody here tried this repeater?
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| Charlie Hoffpauir 2005-10-14, 5:48 pm |
| On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 19:01:42 GMT, "BruceR" <brNOSPAM@hawaii.com>
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>Has anybody here tried this?
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>http://www.smarthome.com/9625.html
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I just installed one this morning. It's too soon to tell how much it
really helps, but in general, it seems to add one "bar" to my phone's
indicator. I mounted the remote antenna in the attic, as high as
possible, and the transmitter unit (the part shown in the web site you
gave) in the Den.
By the way, I bought mine from a company selling them on ebay for
nearly $100 less than the price at Smarthome.
Charlie Hoffpauir
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/
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| John S. 2005-10-14, 5:48 pm |
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"Charlie Hoffpauir" <invalid@invalid.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 19:01:42 GMT, "BruceR" <brNOSPAM@hawaii.com>
> wrote:
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> I just installed one this morning. It's too soon to tell how much it
> really helps, but in general, it seems to add one "bar" to my phone's
> indicator. I mounted the remote antenna in the attic, as high as
> possible, and the transmitter unit (the part shown in the web site you
> gave) in the Den.
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> By the way, I bought mine from a company selling them on ebay for
> nearly $100 less than the price at Smarthome.
> Charlie Hoffpauir
> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/
But it is only 1900.
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| Charlie Hoffpauir 2005-10-14, 11:48 pm |
| On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 19:48:00 GMT, "John S."
<john@mocha-n-micro-chips.com> wrote:
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>"Charlie Hoffpauir" <invalid@invalid.com> wrote in message
> news:9010l1hqgnbg520
e3rp2qiog2cj3nr1re1@
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>But it is only 1900.
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So? If your phone is 1900, there's no problem.
Charlie Hoffpauir
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/
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| Corvus 2005-10-14, 11:48 pm |
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Dan wrote:
> "BruceR" <brNOSPAM@hawaii.com> wrote in message
> news:qgT3f.856$QM5.272@tornado.socal.rr.com...
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> I think this is the manufactures website
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> http://wirelessextenders.com/
Seems cool but for that price I can bust my service agreement and sign
up for a carrier with better signal in my house than T-Mo.
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| BruceR 2005-10-15, 2:48 am |
| Thanks for the quick review Charlie! I also appreciate the pointer to
the ebay dealer. The 1990 is all I need and the benefits of the TMo
service make a $200 investment in signal improvement. Any hum or other
artifacts introduced by the unit?
From:Charlie Hoffpauir
invalid@invalid.com
> On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 19:01:42 GMT, "BruceR" <brNOSPAM@hawaii.com>
> wrote:
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> I just installed one this morning. It's too soon to tell how much it
> really helps, but in general, it seems to add one "bar" to my phone's
> indicator. I mounted the remote antenna in the attic, as high as
> possible, and the transmitter unit (the part shown in the web site you
> gave) in the Den.
>
> By the way, I bought mine from a company selling them on ebay for
> nearly $100 less than the price at Smarthome.
> Charlie Hoffpauir
> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/
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| Charlie Hoffpauir 2005-10-15, 5:48 pm |
| On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 05:02:25 GMT, "BruceR" <brNOSPAM@hawaii.com>
wrote:
>Thanks for the quick review Charlie! I also appreciate the pointer to
>the ebay dealer. The 1990 is all I need and the benefits of the TMo
>service make a $200 investment in signal improvement. Any hum or other
>artifacts introduced by the unit?
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No, nothing noticable. But as I said, I've really used it less than 24
hours now.
Charlie Hoffpauir
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/
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| Charlie Hoffpauir 2005-10-15, 5:48 pm |
| On 14 Oct 2005 19:19:34 -0700, "Corvus" <corvus187@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>Dan wrote:
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>Seems cool but for that price I can bust my service agreement and sign
>up for a carrier with better signal in my house than T-Mo.
It would definitely be better to go with another provider if you could
get a better signal with them. In my case, T-M seemed to give the best
signal, and it was sometimes marginal. I could get a good signal
outdoors with T-M, whereas with some provider, no signal even
outdoors.
It should be noted that you MUST be able to get a good signal outdoors
for this device to work.
Charlie Hoffpauir
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/
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"Corvus" <corvus187@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Dan wrote:
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> Seems cool but for that price I can bust my service agreement and sign
> up for a carrier with better signal in my house than T-Mo.
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Yeah, i could but im going to pay the price in the rate plan change.
Unlimited gprs for $5.99 + 1000 anytime for 45.99?
All i could find for cingular was Nation 900/w rollover for $59.99
Medianet Unlimited for $19.99
Not worth it... and im not going to verizon or sprint.. eek..
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| (PeteCresswell) 2005-10-15, 11:48 pm |
| Per Charlie Hoffpauir:
>It would definitely be better to go with another provider if you could
>get a better signal with them. In my case, T-M seemed to give the best
>signal, and it was sometimes marginal. I could get a good signal
>outdoors with T-M, whereas with some provider, no signal even
>outdoors.
I have tMob and couldn't even get one bar at home with my Moto v180.
Switched to a Nokia 3595 and now I seem to be 1-2 bars to the better much of the
time.
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PeteCresswell
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| John Bartley K7AAY telcom admin, Portland OR 2005-10-19, 5:48 pm |
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On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 19:48:00 GMT, "John S." <john@mocha-n-micro-chips.com>
wrote:
>But it is only 1900.
So is T-Mobile, FKA Voicestream. This is the T-Mobile group. Why quibble?
--
John Bartley K7AAY USBC/DO PDX OR USA
"This is a carburetor," Hank tells his son. "Take it apart, put it back together; repeat until you're normal." - KOTH
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