How can I increase my cellular signal at home without the use of an M-Cell?
I recently switched my cellular service from sprint to at&t. Upon signing the two-year contract with at&t I discovered that the cellular coverage I was receiving at my house was terrible. I immediately called At&t only to find out that there was nothing they could do for my cell phone reception. Eventually, after giving me the "new towers being added every day" speech she told me that they offer a hardware solution that might help assist with providing better reception. She then told me that this "so called" solution would require me to have active internet service. To my understanding the M-Cell was supposed to help replicate cellular the service that was out of range of my phone. After performing the installation of the M-Cell and adding the appropriate devices, I did notice that there was a definite increase in the signal my phone was receiving. The calls were crisp!! and the data was cooking!! Sadly after only 3-days of use i started noticing issues. My phone seemed to constantly be connecting and disconnecting from the M-Cell. I checked the unit itself and it seemed to be quite warm. After doing some research on the M-Cell I found out that it actually uses my internet bandwidth to send and receive calls and messages. Really??? are you serious the internet I pay for which is already overpriced is now functioning as the fail-safe for your company's poor cell reception!!!??? After further research, I also found out that since I have iPhone's, the increased network chatter from these devices in cooperation with the M-Cell would diminish the bandwidth available to devices on my home network. It was then that I realized I had been having an issue with the on demand function of my directv service, which just so happens to rely on internet for streaming video content. The first thing I could think of to test my current findings was to disconnect the M-Cell from my home network. Upon disconnection of the M-Cell I powered on my Tv and directv box and headed straight for the on demand. To my surprise this whole time the M-Cell had been causing the issue with my directv service. I am Sooo Pissed, I can't believe it. Once again another service which I pay for was being interrupted to accommodate for the lack of cell phone service my provider was selling me. I'm no math wiz but this seems pretty simple, $60.00 for internet, $120.00 for directv, and another $256.00 to At&t. That's $436.00 for all three, now i'm going to due my best to try find a rough cost for the times when I am unable to use my other services. I work an office job so from about 7:30am till 5:30 I'm either at work or commuting, that's 10-hours a day 50-hours a week and 200-hours per month. There are 720-hours in a month roughly depending on the month, I averaged in 10-hours a day for sleeping eating and bathing. That's 300-hours per month for sleeping and so on, that mean that there are 220-hours left to use my services at my home. Now lets figure out the service charges per month [$120.00/220-hours=$0.54 cents per hour for directv], [$60.00/200-hours=$0.30 cents per hour for Internet] and finally [$256.00/200-hours=$1.16 dollars per hour for my At&t service]. I think the numbers say it all, not only is the cellular service the most unreliable, it's also the most expensive. Factor in the extra your paying for the other services you can't use and you see who the really trying to get comfy in your pocket book. I really cant believe this, Is this how it ends? Does anyone know how I can improve my cellular service in my home without paying for it monthly? I would like to restore the full potential of the other services I pay for without paying twice for diminished service. Please HELP ME!!!! Thanks, John

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