We shouldn’t be putting up with bad indoor signal, as it disrupts our lives immensely and can even cost us our job.
If you are working from home, a parent that needs to know where their children are at all times, have an elderly relative that needs your attention, or in any other situation, bad cell phone coverage can be very dangerous.
Luckily there is a solution - a mobile signal booster.
Just like purchasing any other appliance or device, here also you need to consider various factors that can have a direct impact on which kind of a smartphone signal booster you will end up buying.
Let’s start with the introduction of the device itself and explain how it actually works.
A mobile phone home signal booster takes the signal coming in from the cell tower, amplifies it, and broadcast it across the area.
Any 4G phone signal booster consists of the following parts - the outdoor antenna - Yagi or LPDA, and indoor antenna - panel or dome, a signal booster unit and two sets of coaxial cables to connect everything together.
The signal from the tower comes through the outdoor antenna, through cables gets to the signal booster unit, which makes it stronger. Then the strong signal travels through cables to the indoor antenna, which broadcasts the strong signal across your area.
NOTE: any mobile phone signal booster UK market offers does not create a signal, it merely boosts an existing one. So for the signal booster to work, you need to have an outside signal. Otherwise, the device will be of no use to you.
Data -
Know what kind of signal is faulty in your area - the voice or the data - 3G, 4G, 5G(if you are one of
the lucky ones that get it).
Some boosters are designed to work on only one frequency, while others support multiple ones.
So, knowing this information will guide you towards the right phone signal boosters UK has to offer.
Area size -In order to boost mobile signal it’s also important to know your area size, as the signal boosters vary in this category too. A small booster will not help for a big area and visa-versa.
Your location and layout -
Your geographical location also matters as well as your layout. As we have mentioned, there are 2 types
of indoor and outdoor antennas, and they are meant to be used in different situations.
Depending on your needs you should choose one or the other.
For example, the outdoor directional antennas will be a great help if you know exactly where your tower
is and are perfect for rural areas. On the other hand, the omnidirectional antenna would be perfect in
busy urban areas, where the signal might be coming from every direction.
When it comes to indoor antennas, you should choose a dome one for an open floor plan and a panel one if
you have long hallways or a narrow and long room plan.