Bad cell phone reception is a problem that is as old as… cellphones. It is something that most people “fix” by switching to a new wireless carrier, or by getting a new handset that is supposed to have better reception. The latter is wishful thinking, but switching carrier may yield some results, depending on where you live and how the local network is laid out. Weboost offers a much more efficient solution by boosting the signal of any U.S carrier in your home.
The idea is simple: incoming signal (from the cell tower) can be amplified so that it goes from weak to strong. The Weboost eqo becomes a local cell tower from your phone’s point of view. When your phone wants to send a signal out, it goes through the eqo, which amplifies its signal back to the tower. Without it, there no way your phone’s radio would be powerful enough to reach its destination.
But let’s be clear: Weboost’s eqo isn’t using any black magic: it needs a (weak) signal to amplify. If you have “no” signal, there’s nothing to amplify. It won’t work. Typically, if you have dead spots in your home, or have to be near a Window to have sustained phone calls, there’s hope.
The interesting part of this device is that it doesn’t require an outdoor antenna. This means you don’t need to go on the roof, hang something out the window, and bring a cable back to a box inside the home. Instead, you need to install these two boxes somewhere where you are getting a weak cell signal, and it will amplify it from there.
The installation is easy, and pretty much anyone can do it. Since it works with all U.S carriers, you don’t have to switch carriers because you live on the edge of the network. T-Mobile users have the option of using their regular WiFi router to carry cellular traffic, but it’s not as robust as having a cell signal to start with.
AT&T and Verizon customers have more expensive boxes that do more or less the same thing as T-Mobile but having a real, strong cellular signal has the benefit of being more robust (still works if your internet provider is down).
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