I live in a cell technology phobic little town where the town fathers...refuse to allow any new cell towers. I have a dumb phone and very often simply cant connect at all.
I was considering “up” grading....but this article has given me a PAUSE
I think I recall reading a few years ago that it cost 10 times as much to get a cell tower permitted in California as it does in Texas.
They make cell phone boosters. They can be kind of pricey, but they do work. I have a Wilson Electronics unit. Check Amazon.
Don’t, I saw a guest on CNBC that owns a lot of cell towers in NY city and they ask him why todays phones experience dropped calls so much in the city. His explanation: smart phones primary purpose now is texting, surfing, running apps, all priority over talking. The circuitry and antenna primary purpose is no longer voice transmission and reception.