Cell phone booster

[C lectric]

MIFI we now use Verizon for the trailer. We use one to connect to the cell phone network so we can use our computers. Many places there is no available wifi but there is cell phone coverage. The MIFI allows you to get out over the cell network.
Of course you can do the same, I think, with a tethered smart phone.

 

[CaptTom]

We bought the WeBoost cradle for our down east loop trip. Our boat really isn't big enough (36') to give sufficient separation for a rebroadcast-type system, especially since we'd need it both on the flybridge and down below.

The cradle was often able to pull in a signal where the phones alone couldn't. We tether the phones to tablets and laptops.

What surprised us the most was how seldom we needed it. Throughout Quebec, even out on the Gaspe penninsula, we usually had a good signal with our Bell Mobility Canada plan. Only in far Downeast Maine, Eastport to Jonesport, was our US AT&T service spotty. In spots we had no signal, and in others we got a poor or intermittent signal even with the booster. But without it, we'd have none at all in those areas.

Overall, it was worth the investment, but it can only boost the signal if there IS one to begin with.

 

[GinoDonaldson]

Signal Booster

There's a new one which is a lot cheaper: signalbooster.com

 

[denverd0n]

Brand new member. Very first post. Revive a four-year-old thread to post a recommendation and a link. Hmmmm.

 

[Shifty]

stevemitchell covers a lot of this stuff at his website, SeaBits. It's been a great resource for me.

 

[Alaskan Sea-Duction]

stevemitchell covers a lot of this stuff at his website, SeaBits. It's been a great resource for me.

Thanks for sharing.