I've had weak signal at home for years, but it wasn't until I got my latest phone (Android) that I could actually see the signal strength. It was -100 to -120 dBm. That is supposedly not even enough signal to make a call (the bars in your phone display don't mean much). But, I get about the same thing at the office in Richardson so I figured it was OK. I talked to customer service about it and they sent me a femtocell. I now get signal in the -50's. There was no cost to me. If you are already with a carrier you think is decent otherwise and your main issue is signal at home you might try mentioning the femtocell. I understand they are becoming more popular. It basically creates a "mini cell" right on your house. My phone DOES NOT support WiFi calling so this is not a wireless router. WiFi calling may be the solution for some. It is also not a signal booster. Some may be OK with one of those.
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Originally Posted By: DBMaster
I've had weak signal at home for years, but it wasn't until I got my latest phone (Android) that I could actually see the signal strength. It was -100 to -120 dBm.
Im on verizon and my phone shows -104 dBm, yet i've never had a problem making calls or maintaining calls.
I've had weak signal at home for years, but it wasn't until I got my latest phone (Android) that I could actually see the signal strength. It was -100 to -120 dBm.
Im on verizon and my phone shows -104 dBm, yet i've never had a problem making calls or maintaining calls.
Originally Posted By: grampi
The Verizon plan I have now I started about 3 months ago. Comes with 24G of data, but no roll over. Sounds like I should stay with Verizon, but I don't like that they aren't rolling over my data, or they don't have unlimited data...
What is the name of your plan? Ours is "THE NEW VERIZON PLAN LARGE 8 GB". There's a 2 GB bonus for each line we have (so, 6 x 2 = 12 GB bonus data, plus the 8 GB of base data), and it also includes carryover. This is our second month on this plan and, this particular month, we have 32 GB of data because of what carried over from last month. I think I said earlier that we had 21 or 22 GB each month, but I think there was an extra gig one month for some odd reason that I'm remembering.
We're finding Verizon's new plans to be very competitive in price, even with the no contract outfits like Straight Talk. The family plans are especially advantageous, where the cost of the data is spread over a number of devices. We're paying $30/line including the data on our plan...and that'd be very hard to find elsewhere, on a network as good as VZW's. Some of our lines have phone payments on top of the basic amount, but I keep mine basic with an unlocked phone that I pay cash for...so I'm at 30 bucks/month for my phone. Great deal.
The Verizon plan I have now I started about 3 months ago. Comes with 24G of data, but no roll over. Sounds like I should stay with Verizon, but I don't like that they aren't rolling over my data, or they don't have unlimited data...
What is the name of your plan? Ours is "THE NEW VERIZON PLAN LARGE 8 GB". There's a 2 GB bonus for each line we have (so, 6 x 2 = 12 GB bonus data, plus the 8 GB of base data), and it also includes carryover. This is our second month on this plan and, this particular month, we have 32 GB of data because of what carried over from last month. I think I said earlier that we had 21 or 22 GB each month, but I think there was an extra gig one month for some odd reason that I'm remembering.
We're finding Verizon's new plans to be very competitive in price, even with the no contract outfits like Straight Talk. The family plans are especially advantageous, where the cost of the data is spread over a number of devices. We're paying $30/line including the data on our plan...and that'd be very hard to find elsewhere, on a network as good as VZW's. Some of our lines have phone payments on top of the basic amount, but I keep mine basic with an unlocked phone that I pay cash for...so I'm at 30 bucks/month for my phone. Great deal.
Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete
Originally Posted By: DBMaster
I've had weak signal at home for years, but it wasn't until I got my latest phone (Android) that I could actually see the signal strength. It was -100 to -120 dBm.
Im on verizon and my phone shows -104 dBm, yet i've never had a problem making calls or maintaining calls.
That's probably your 4G signal strength, which is not bad.
I have Verizon.
On 3g, I'd say anything over -95dBm is pretty bad, I don't think the call drops till you're at around -100 or so.
On LTE, you're about to lose your signal at around -123dBm or -124dBm.
On LTE, I think the best reception I've gotten next to a tower is -70dBm. On 3G the best I've gotten is -40dBm next to a tower.
Originally Posted By: DBMaster
I've had weak signal at home for years, but it wasn't until I got my latest phone (Android) that I could actually see the signal strength. It was -100 to -120 dBm.
Im on verizon and my phone shows -104 dBm, yet i've never had a problem making calls or maintaining calls.
That's probably your 4G signal strength, which is not bad.
I have Verizon.
On 3g, I'd say anything over -95dBm is pretty bad, I don't think the call drops till you're at around -100 or so.
On LTE, you're about to lose your signal at around -123dBm or -124dBm.
On LTE, I think the best reception I've gotten next to a tower is -70dBm. On 3G the best I've gotten is -40dBm next to a tower.
Maybe this was a case for me of having too much information because I wasn't having a huge issue with dropped calls at home. But, with the femtocell I now have a super signal. Since there was no cost involved I like it. I do have to return it if I ever leave T-Mobile, though. It'll most likely be like other tech items. If that's a couple years down the road they won't want it back.
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