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Posted on 08/13/2024 7:10:13 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
The hottest new accessory in the Hamptons this summer isn’t from Hermes or Loro Piana.
It’s a clunky cell phone signal booster that exasperated Hamptonites are affixing to their cars to improve their reception in the notorious dead zone.
“There is better cell service in Bangladesh than here,” one Sag Harbor resident complained to The Post.
The devices, made by companies such as weBoost, Wilson Amplifiers and Cel-Fi, sell for around $500. They have long been popular with truck drivers on long-haul cross country trips or adventurers traversing the Rocky Mountains. But now they’re in vogue with a more posh crowd.
But, there’s a hitch: The gadgets are bulky and ugly.
They have not one but three parts.
There’s a 7.5-inch antenna — which can be extended more than three feet — that must be affixed to the outside of the car near the center of the roof.
The wire from that antenna is then threaded into the car — either by awkwardly putting it through the window and rolling it up or by drilling a small incision into the roof of the car — where it is connected to a booster box that’s slightly bigger than an iPhone and typically rests on the back seat or floor.
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Sounds just like the antennas for cell phones in cars that were used in the 90s.
Move to Bangladesh?
Same problem here in Silicon Valley. At our house, if I want a decent non-dropping cell connection, I have to sit on the patio or on the bench in the front yard (that’s a pain in the cold months). I’ve been thinking of installing a house cell signal booster, but I’m too stingy in retirement.
I know a dozen dead spots around here while driving. One particularly bad one is by Stanford University. Another couple are up in the hills with the very posh $10 to $15 million homes (on my way to mountain hikes). I avoid any calls when I’m going anywhere near those dead spots. The funny thing is I can go on some remote hikes in the hills and get good reception.
Fortunately, my podcasts and music apps cache enough data so that I can ride through the dead zones without losing music or talk.
Maybe one of these people should put a nice big cell phone tower on their $10 million dollar property. Right where everyone can see it. That would solve the problem.
“Just drive and stop worrying about the damn phone.”
Hey DINGBAT - How are we supposed to text if we don’t have cell phone coverage? (jk)
HAHA
The devices, made by companies such as weBoost, Wilson Amplifiers and Cel-Fi, sell for around $500.
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So does anyone have any experience with these devices? Are these the best ones to consider or are there cheaper alternatives? I have a place on the ragged edge of cell service and am looking to boost the signal enough to make it work, set up a computer as a hot spot on occasion etc.
Yes, fretting/obsessing over constant phone connections could be suggestive of some underlying psychological issues. Reinforcing their own sense of importance, as it were.
Sounds like the whip antenna for my CB in my truck.
“So does anyone have any experience with these devices? Are these the best ones to consider or are there cheaper alternatives?”
I used to sell and install the commercial versions. They work well provided you have sufficient incoming signals. They won’t work in true dead spots. The gear can’t amplify what it doesn’t receive.
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That is what I was thinking, the Hampton rich driving luxury cars that look like breaker! breaker! good buddy.
For whatever reason, this article made me think of South Africa, where criminal gangs now use military-grade signal jammers when they invade white farms and rob homes. It blocks all cellphone and radio communications in the areas they are targeting
Promotional post?!
BS. In a month you’ll be the nob if you DON’T have one.
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As a child, I crossed the entire US three times and Canada coast to coast. My father wasn’t able to receive a cell phone signal at any time during the trip. How did we survive?
EC
My oldest daughter lives very rural in south middle TN
Not like Nevada rural but a severe hollow in Moore county
Environs of Jack HQ
They have a booster set up with a 70 foot antenna
And it works
Like the windmills and illegal aliens, put those near the homes of The Deplorables.
>Same problem here in Silicon Valley. At our house, if I want a decent non-dropping cell connection, I have to sit on the patio or on the bench in the front yard (that’s a pain in the cold months). I’ve been thinking of installing a house cell signal booster, but I’m too stingy in retirement.
Many newer cell phones can be configured to use the internet via wifi to complete cell calls if a cell tower is inaccessible. If you have internet at your house, this may be an option.
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