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AT&T Microcell

LogicBox

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Hey has anyone gotten to try one of those ATT micro cell's?
Im wondering cause I have a buddy that lives out in the country of a pretty small town (dont even have 3G yet) and he gets very poor poor service inside his house and it takes awhile to find a signal when ya go out side, no matter what the carrier. Now his internet isnt that great, its a radio wireless base system that points to a tower in the area, and sometimes isnt all that great. Im just wondering if this might be a good look for him, or if maybe one of those boosters Cell booster just thought I would get some opinions. :Smirk:
 
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LogicBox said:
Hey has anyone gotten to try one of those ATT micro cell's?
Im wondering cause I have a buddy that lives out in the country of a pretty small town (dont even have 3G yet) and he gets very poor poor service inside his house and it takes awhile to find a signal when ya go out side, no matter what the carrier. Now his internet isnt that great, its a radio wireless base system that points to a tower in the area, and sometimes isnt all that great. Im just wondering if this might be a good look for him, or if maybe one of those boosters Cell booster just thought I would get some opinions. :Smirk:
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I wouldn't get either of them. Why buy another piece of hardware to improve the already terrible service.
Has he considered another carrier? Verizon? Sprint? Tmobile?
 
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LogicBox said:
he gets very poor poor service inside his house and it takes awhile to find a signal when ya go out side, no matter what the carrier.
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Sounds like the other carriers are just as lax as AT&T in this case. A booster may help but I'm not sure of what he can do aside from persuading one of them to put a hub closer to him.
 
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Yeah I mean it is really all carriers out there that just kinda drop in that area, Its kinda like a Dead Zone around his house. I mean granted every now and then you can get weak service, thats why I was thinking maybe one of these would work. I mean cause honestly we have AT&T for our phones and g/f and family use AT&T I mean we do love our AT&T not just cause of the iPhone, but really like all the problems I hear about in the bigger cities the only thing we can really compare to them is the price, but I think price is ganna be like that no matter what carrier. I think mostly I am just rambling now. haha thanks guys ;)
 

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