Ques: any ways to boost cell signals at home?

[ngp]

Not sure if this is the right forum or not but I'll give it a shot...

I get very poor cell reception at home, often being limited to point a certain direction while standing in a very specific spot to just be able to use the cell phone. It would be nice to get better reception and be able to use long-distance services on the cell phone rather than paying extra on the land-line.

Are there low cost solutions to boosting cell coverage at home? For example, there are those antennae for the car...can something like that work at home?

Thanks in advance!

[Otto]

Google for "cell phone repeater" and you'll find all sorts of solutions.

However you probably won't find a really good solution at a "low cost". A passive repeater is basically worthless, and an active repeater probably ain't cheap.

[ngp]

Wow, they are expensive!
Something like the ones for cars wouldn't work?

[Otto]

Nope. Usually those things don't even work in cars. :p