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Has anyone tried one of the new Samsung made 3G Network Extenders that Verizon is selling now?
Where i live its 1X and anything other than voice sucks, you cant hardly send a text message some days let along a picture message. But if i drive to a neighboring town that is EVDO then it works great.
Verizon support told me that if i got one of the newer models that came out recently it would supplement my data use as well, the old ones were only good for voice, so that my phone would show EV rather than just 1X when using the extender.
I live about half mile or so from the only cell site in the area, the next closest is about twelve miles, and even that one is non-3g as well. We beg and plead for years but still no 3g coverage. And we can't switch carriers because there is nobody to switch to. Unicel sorta works in these parts but still runs off the one and only tower so we would still have the same service so whats the point.
Verizon techs have been to this tower site many times in the last year, its a real duct tape and bailing wire operation. I talked to the guys a few times and they always tell me they are hardly authorized to spend money on the site let alone do any upgrades to it. So i don't see it happening, and after 3-4 years that the tower has been up nothing has been done.
Anyway, if anyone has one of the newer extenders tell me how it does. I don't need mobile web, i have my computers for that, i just want the ability to send and receive text and multimedia messages reliably. I can't do anything to improve the signal, its five bars in my basement, signal isnt an issue, the service provided by this tower is.
They did say they would drop the price of the extender from the normal $249.99 to $150.00 with a rebate for me since its a service issue and they admit to it being a problem here. But $150 is still a lot to spend unless i know its totally worth it.
Where i live its 1X and anything other than voice sucks, you cant hardly send a text message some days let along a picture message. But if i drive to a neighboring town that is EVDO then it works great.
Verizon support told me that if i got one of the newer models that came out recently it would supplement my data use as well, the old ones were only good for voice, so that my phone would show EV rather than just 1X when using the extender.
I live about half mile or so from the only cell site in the area, the next closest is about twelve miles, and even that one is non-3g as well. We beg and plead for years but still no 3g coverage. And we can't switch carriers because there is nobody to switch to. Unicel sorta works in these parts but still runs off the one and only tower so we would still have the same service so whats the point.
Verizon techs have been to this tower site many times in the last year, its a real duct tape and bailing wire operation. I talked to the guys a few times and they always tell me they are hardly authorized to spend money on the site let alone do any upgrades to it. So i don't see it happening, and after 3-4 years that the tower has been up nothing has been done.
Anyway, if anyone has one of the newer extenders tell me how it does. I don't need mobile web, i have my computers for that, i just want the ability to send and receive text and multimedia messages reliably. I can't do anything to improve the signal, its five bars in my basement, signal isnt an issue, the service provided by this tower is.
They did say they would drop the price of the extender from the normal $249.99 to $150.00 with a rebate for me since its a service issue and they admit to it being a problem here. But $150 is still a lot to spend unless i know its totally worth it.
