[Pen] Seeking recommendation: Mobile Phone signal booster for retail location

[Nima Khazaei]

I hate having to remember that macro and mini aren't SI prefixes.

Couldn't Apple have made a milliPod and a centiPod?

Also, I'd looked into this in the past for AHA, which is in a basement. We
never actually did it but we would have gone with a repeater like Brad
suggested.

—Nima

On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Benjamin Davis <bugdave at gmail.com> wrote:

> I always thought it was the opposite. Femtocells were mini cell sites
> setup by the carriers and microcells were the ones in homes connected to BB
> with a number list.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Feb 1, 2012, at 1:27 PM, Bradley McMahon <bradmcmahon at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> My work as a GSM signal booster with a high gain antenna on the roof and
> the repeater antenna setup on second floor ceiling. Its works for about
> 10-20 of us. It cost around $200-300. If you want more I'm not sure getting
> an additional one will result in more people getting better signal.
>
> Femto cells work on a pre-selected group of numbers and are limited to ten
> numbers. This means you have to manually type in cell numbers that
> are permitted to work on the femtocell. Oh and it only works on
> the carrier that provides it.
>
> Next up is a microcell which is only deployed by a a carrier and
> their technicians and costs several thousands just for the hardware.
> -Brad
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Nick Farr <nick at nickfarr.org> wrote:
>
>> Yeah, best thing IMHO is to get the femotcells from each of the carriers
>> you're looking at.  (AT&T and Sprint sell them online, T-Mobile doesn't
>> AFAIK.)
>>
>> They usually handle only about 4 phones at a time, though.  The boxes
>> themselves are cheap, they just plug into broadband.
>>
>> Nick Farr
>> http://nickfarr.org
>> +1 203 441-3277
>> D762E03B / N0FAR
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 12:54 PM, Swamphandy <swamphandy at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Our family business is in a steel building. Customers (and staff)
>>> often drop calls and have poor reception while inside.
>>>
>>> Does anyone have experience using an inexpensive signal booster in a
>>> retail environment? The whole store is about 3000sq ft. I need
>>> something that will be solid, without a huge price tag.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>>
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