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Verizon on Tuesday announced the availability of its Wireless 3G Network Extender for "customers who live in homes where location, geography, or structural conditions interfere with reception."
The Network Extender supercharges 3G signals to provide coverage within 40 feet of the device. Verizon says it's about the size of a wireless router or woman's purse and routes Verizon Wireless calls through the customer's home broadband Internet connection. It supports up to six connections.
The new 3G Extender replaces the original Wireless Network Extender and is available now for $250.
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bling581
October 20, 2010 at 10:10am
Same issue with AT&T. I average 1 bar inside my apartment and frequently get dropped calls or can't even talk to people because it keeps cutting out. I take a few steps out the front door of my apartment and bam, full bars. Meanwhile my work cell, which is through Verizon, gets great reception. Seriously AT&T...
razorpetti37
October 20, 2010 at 8:01am
The company I work for has a corporate wide contract with AT&T and I haven't heard from a single employee who gets reliable service. I've worked in two sales offices now, and I can't get even a single bar from inside either sales office, yet my coworkers who have Sprint (grandfathered from before the AT&T contract) have full service. I convinced my boss to buy us a Wi-Ex range extender and put an antenna on the roof, but it is pretty spotty.
We would pay double the price of this Verizon extender for an AT&T version if it actually works. We actually paid more than this Verizon device for the Wi-Ex extender. I would especially love if AT&T and the other service providers figured out a way to utilize a hardwired internet connection and create a device similar to a wireless router but using cellular bands instead. Then, you could have cellphone signal inside of a steel cage as long as there is an internet connection on the inside!
fugufish
October 20, 2010 at 7:10am
Make sure you check the coverage map before you buy this thing. You need to be in a Verizon Wireless Enhanced Services coverage area or it will not work. At all. It must be a licensing issue with other carriers. I live in an "extended, enhanced services coverage area and as soon as the GPS figured out where it was, it prevented it from operating.
legend-nyc
October 20, 2010 at 5:39am
Checked for comments, found spam.
As a Verizon subscriber, this article is of interest.
My 2 cents -> Too much money for this device, but typical of Verizon.
