Trouble with mobile phone signal

[Jawfish99]

Hi Guys,

Just joined the forum seeing as there is so much good advice here

I have recently moved house (out of london to the countryside) it's a really nice area, the only problem is i get no mobile signal I get a weak signal sometimes outside or maybe by a window but not enough to make a call. It is so annoying when i get a voicemail come through and it is from the day before! My new house is quite old so i guess the walls are thicker than my old house which ironically was new The reception outside though is still not enough to make a call.

This can't be a new problem for people who live rurally so does anyone have any solutions? ( apart from moving back to the big smoke!) I'm on O2 and use an iphone 3g if it helps.

Thanks guys

[Terrence99]

Hi, Im fairly new myself and found great info on here to.

I can offer some advise for you.

Two weeks ago I bought a mobile signal booster kit as i live out they way in in the highlands. The mobile repeater kit said it would turn half a bar of signal into five full bars, similar to you i was fed up getting text messages days after they had been sent so i thought I would give it a go.

To be honest when I had set it up and turned it on i was really surprised how good it was as i had 4 bars everywhere in the house sometimes 5. It took about an hour to set it all up but its been up and running just over a week now and its still working fine. I am on t-mobile and using the Iphone so I can't confirm it works for O2 but i don't see why not.

I got mine from here, seemed to know there stuff and all came packaged well so can't really fault them.mobile signal boosters and mobile repeaters
Good luck.

[cable man]

go back 2 doing morse code or smoke signals lol..

Its just 1 of them things you have got 2 live with in the countryside, you move 2 the countryside 2 get away from all the hassle of modern life..

( moving from the big smoke! also moving from modern living)

[andyjill]

Try 2g, my last phone had trouble while at home on 3g

[Lacutas]

So, if your out in the countryside with a low phone signal, How do you get the internet at home ?????.

[Jawfish99]

Thanks for the replies guys, I have got broadband on my landline sometimes its awful especially weekends. I think I will look into the signal booster things and go from there. I have thought about getting the phone unlocked and trying some different sims see if they are any better.