Airtel 4G giving low speeds inside my home walls

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Will connecting two antennas , one on the roof and one inside improve signal? There is no active boosting so its legal
 
Sushubh said:
It's not legal unless a mobile operator installs it. Every now and then there are reports that mobile companies are going after people using illegal signal boosters.

www.newindianexpress.com

Use of illegal mobile signal booster thrives in Hyderabad

This has often translated into poor network connectivity, call drops and video conferences breaking down and other problems.
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When I contacted a mobile operator they suggested me to pay for the equipment and they will just sanction it. He said as long as the company sanctions it it is legal even if I purchase my own equipment.
 
The business logic behind such a process is that the customer stays on the network, the signal quality improves inside, and the Telecom operator does not have to incur additional expense and expenditure for improving the network in that area
 
honestly, vowifi has more or less taken care of this problem. at least for people who have wired connections at their place with a compatible handset. and this should improve with time as more people upgrade to compatible devices and get wired connections at home. iPhones i believe can even run vowifi using the lte of second sim.
 
pillaicha said:
I don't know. Probably have to enquire. Such devices are implemented widely in a lot of indoor places like schools, colleges, auditoriums, etc.
I don't know how amplifying a publicly available spectrum band to a limited private space (home) is illegal. Sounds silly.
Say I boosted two or three of the spectrum bands that Airtel has been awarded through the auction process. If I am boosting the signal for personal reasons (meaning not reselling the spectrum by offering it commercially), in a private residential setup (our home), in order to access Airtel's own network, I don't see the legal issue of misappropriation of spectrum?
If I were to use that spectrum for another purpose, than that would be illegal.
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The cost of installing a signal booster would be more than getting a Vowifi supported phone. My 2 year old Realme1 supports Vowifi for both Airtel and Jio, simultaneously.
 
It's dicey in my case. Even having a tower nearby gives me pathetic speeds, at night I am less than 1 MMbps. Sometimes the speed spikes to 10-20 Mbps and after another speed test goes to 2-3-4 Mbps.

Maybe it's their 4g priority support which is causing some absurd reading in my case.
 
Well. My solution is too costly but works well for me.

I have a Mikrotik router that supports connecting my mobile via USB (tethering). I keep both the router and the (unused) mobile at the first floor of my house where I have direct line of sight with the nearest Airtel tower.

These days MikroTik has some models with built in LTE capability. All we need is a SIM. However, with a mobile phone, I can enjoy CA and other LTE features that are not available with built in MikroTik LTE modem.
 
I have those cheap mobile booster at house. Brought from AliExpress few years back.
Honestly only good for 2g/3g voice calls.
Hopeless in data speeds and volte calls.
Stopped using it after vowifi.
 
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