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No mobile signal in home - booster required

mattcoyle48 — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 13:42:43 GMT

My home and most of those around it have no mobile signal, presumably due to the design of the estate and placement of the nearest mast. Because of this, despite BT thinking our postcode is in a good coverage area, we actually have none. This makes it very difficult to get help since I can't even call BT to rectify the problem since my phone can't do wifi calling.

I've heard about signal boosters that can provide coverage when connected to a router - what's the best way to get one of these? Would it have to be a BT router?

Re: No mobile signal in home - booster required

Les-Gibson — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 13:57:05 GMT

BT no longer support the boosters you refer to.

Do you not have a Wi-Fi calling capable mobile phone?

Re: No mobile signal in home - booster required

mattcoyle48 — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 13:58:59 GMT

Hmm damn

Nope I have a OnePlus3 which isn't compatible

Re: No mobile signal in home - booster required

Les-Gibson — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 15:00:37 GMT

Can you use WhatsApp on that model?

Not an ideal solution I know but it's the best I can think of. Your contacts would need to be on WhatsApp as well

Re: No mobile signal in home - booster required

mattcoyle48 — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 16:00:55 GMT

Yeah I have plenty of options for contacting people I know, it's more an issue when the dentist wants to call me or, worst of all, when I need to receive a confirmation text to login to something

Re: No mobile signal in home - booster required

Les-Gibson — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 16:11:16 GMT

A couple of other imperfect solutions possibly.

Complain to BT about poor reception
Ask neighbours about their mobile signal and change providers

.... and probably the least practical of all
get a bluetooth device to carry around in the house and leave the phone in an upstairs room for better reception