I just installed an AT&T cell booster and it really works fine for me. Used to get one line on my signal when I’m home, now I’m getting 4 lines. It cost me $259.00.
I've been using Wilson cellphone boosters for years. The best way to look at a cellphone booster is look at it like a microphone, amp and speaker. (This would be like a two way set-up but it's best to think about it one way) The outside antenna is the microphone, then it amps up the "volume" to the inside speaker (antenna). If you get them too close together they'll feedback just like a pa system. They work pretty good if you set it up correctly but they don't use polarized frequency which means the speeds won't be as high as it would be if you were getting the same frequency strength straight off the tower.
Yes, I had to move my indoor unit around to find the best position. Currently my T- Mobile router is laying horizontal on a 4 inch piece of tubing 26 inches high I custom made for it after a year of experimenting.
Yes I also am also "chomping a the bit" to see if the HiBoost and antenna will help with staying connected to T-Mobile 5g freqencies insterad of the 4g bands.
Has he made a video on that yet I don’t see it and also waiting for that same video.. because that’s what I’m currently trying to accomplish and so far it has only made my speeds worse.. went from 2 bars to 4/5 but way slower speeds.
Thanks for doing a very good and informative review. Good job. I subscribed today. I did Order my Hiboost today, my old Wilson cell booster went belly up. Sorrthat I didn’t Great review, very good and informative. My old Wilson cell booster recently went belly up and so based on your review, today I purchased a Hiboost. Sorry that I didn’t use your discount code because I found a 20% discount from The Antennaman. Nevertheless thanks and good job!
I have a Wilson WeBoost whole home cellular amplifier and I replaced the paddle antenna because it did not cover the 600mgz bands. I called Wilson and explained what I had and that I wanted to buy a replacement Pro antenna that covered 600mhz. I had to use a $5 adapter for it and the antenna was $79. It works great ! I started with an RSSP of - 113 and now it's _57 to - 65. SNR is 14 RSRQ is -8. Been using it now for 18 months and it works well.
@@Bryan-Hensley I'm using it for both. I have AT&T cell service now, (changing to T-Mobile this fall ) and T-Mobile home internet. It has made a huge difference in my rural cell phone service as well as home internet. When I unplug my cell amp my RSRP goes from -65 to -109. and of course my speed goes from upto 147 to 65mbs
I have a booster with T-Mobile Home Internet. It does boost the LTE signals, but it will not boost T-Mobile's 5G signals. This is due to the FCC not allowing consumer boosters to boost N41 or N71 at this time. It does stabilize my LTE. Most of the time I'm getting band 66. I typically get 70mps down and 15 mps up. Previously I was getting 3 bars, now I get 5. Band 41 still only gets 2. You will also need to register the booster with your carrier.
I bought a WeBoost from Amazon and the paddle antenna did not cover the 600 mhz band. So I called Wilson { who manufactures the WeBoost and bought a replacement antenna for $79 that covers 600 mhz. Works great !! It works on alll carriers.
All boosters only boost 5G NSA. Not SA 5G. NSA = Non-Stand Alone 5G. Which is basically a extension of 4G LTE signals. SA 5G = Stand Alone. Which uses their own channel focus. So Channels N like N71/41 and even B41 LTE. Won't get boosted. Most companies that boost signals only work on 2, 4/66, 5, 12/17, 13/25 B bands. I also have a Weboost drive sleek. I tested it as a stationary system. Verizon drops from 109 to around 95. Semi better performance but not very decent. ATT from 106 to 87/95 i get better stability and from 20-50 i get 40-50 and above depending on traffic. T-Mobile though around 115 to 110. I barely noticed much decrease even on both set to 5G NSA and 4G LTE. With or without boosted. Speeds were all over the place. mainly hitting 50's. then sometimes 30's. Though could be due to a cheaper phone. Compared to the other two. Moto G100/S20U.
@@tquindt1 Hi Timothy, does the T-Mobile Home Internet antenna pick up the signal from the Amazboost ok? What sort of performance gain did you see on the Homne Internet once you hooked up the Amazboost?
I bought a cell phone booster for my Verizon home connect system. It's a newer home connect ( 5g ). Well I put it in and it DIDNT help my Verizon system, BUT it did amazing things for my cell phone. I've lived in my home for 23 years and my cell phone has NEVER WORKED IN MY HOUSE. Now my home phone DOES not work well, but my cell phone does. Go figure. I do know though that in my area, the signal is NOT good on good days. I'm curious about when the leaves come on the trees how that will affect it. I do have a question though because the new Verizon system is an upgrade from what I had before. It was also a home connect system but it was a 4g. Now I had an antennae for that too but no " booster ". It worked Great. No dropped calls or anything like that. Now I have the new 5g box and I get lousy service. GREAT cell service though. Kinda neat I guess.
as long as it costs more than $300 is what a verizon tech told me. I've had 2 over the years. None now. Verizon couldn't provide me with good service without me buying an expensive one so I went with Tmobile who's 5 g tower I can see 1.5 miles away
The internet part DOSENT work well at all. I am getting a signal now,, but. It won't last long. That is a major problem. I need to boost.the signal some how.
@@NaterTater Im on a verizon unlimited prepaid hotspot plan. Im 3.25mi from one tower and about 5 miles from a tower that I now have LOS with my setup and speed has doubled just by connecting to the further away tower. My signal went from -110 to -96 on band 66 as primary CA band. I have a 48 port POE L2 managed switch with multiple VLAN's and Im using 3 Linksys Mesh Velops for wifi all have POE splitters.
There are safer things to do without a doubt but it is common practice for tv repair men to climb the tower to do this type of work. Properly securing yourself to the tower at the top and taking your time during the install lowers the risk.
Yes good point. I go back and forth on using wifi calling it seems it "breaks" every once in a while and my phone acts up on it so I intentionally shut it off. But another downside to no/low cell signal is the phone battery gets sucked dry quickly!
I have been told, By Wilson Electronics and others that the antennas only cover from 700Mhz up and the FCC won't allow them to sell the consumer kit that will pickup the 600Mhz band (N41) So I asked if I could buy the antenna separately from them. The reply was Yes and I replaced the antenna. It has worked well for 2 years.
You do have to pay attention to the freq each antenna is tuned for but there are publicly available antennas that cover to 600mhz. n41 however is in the 2.5Ghz range. n71 is down to 618Mhz.
Hopefully last question. I was able to get my band info as “66”. But none of the boosters show that band. What suggestion would you do? I’m I looking at this wrong or do they automatically fix to your cell tower band?
4.8.22 Nater Question: Where did you get that triangle antenna mast and is it cemented into the ground? I noticed that it did not tilt much when you were at the top. Comment: Were the speeds better with the T mobile home internet using the external antenna?
Chuck, it was installed by the previous owner but does have cement in the ground and an attachment to the roof to stabilize it. See ua-cam.com/video/bboYE4qcfDM/v-deo.html for your home internet speed question.
@@NaterTater both, at least once a day if not more I'd lose full bars on the Nokia and I'd have to reset everything not ideal but it did help until 5g came to my area
I know that this is unrelated to the video, but do you think it is fine to put the new T-Mobile Arcadyan gateway in an attic? In the summer it gets to be about 100 degrees, and it gets to below 0 in the winter, so I’m a little concerned that it might not like those temperatures.
@@NaterTater Thanks for the reply. The idea I had was to install an antenna on the roof, and connect the 30ft wires to the gateway in the attic, since they won’t reach inside the house without a 20-30ft extension. From there I would use an Ethernet cable to get from the gateway to the house. Maybe if I put a fan on it, it would be alright? Maybe I’m better safe than sorry, but I’m really trying to reduce the amount of loss created by another 30ft of coax cable.
I used one from Weboost to try and boost signal for my verizon gateway. I did boost the signal, but it kept the verizon gateway at about 4 megs? when sometimes the gateway would get up to 30 without the booster. Could the booster kind of interfere with the wifi signal?
Yes it works with jet packs/hotspots. Another (better) option for a single device is a dedicated external antenna. ua-cam.com/video/ED4a913fOl0/v-deo.html
If you don't wanna fork to much. There's 2 companies that have Car/SUV boosters and people use them as stationary functions. I done same and it works well, Even for a tiny 23db outside antenna with only 18watts usage on the Weboost drive Sleek. Only 1 device and has a cradle. But you'll get the full boost. Compared to the ones with external antenna's like this that will differ on range depending how far the inside/outside antenna's are and how distances you are from the inside antenna. So if you don't wanna do any insane crud. Surecall N-Range 2.0 or Weboost Drive-Sleek are good options. And it'll work on the jetpacks. Just have it sit on the cradle with a rubber band in the center. I use a ATT Moto G100 on my Weboost stationary and i dropped from around 100-109 to 87-95db. From speeds of 20-50 download to more stable 40-50. Sometimes even hitting up to 70 or 100 on no traffic times. Course the phone will still 'switch' towers no matter. Because the N-Range/Drive Sleek are still Omi-Directional antenna's. But they boost rather well for tiny systems. And both only cost 200$ compared to the higher stuff for inside range antenna's of like 400-500$+. Unless you go signal room deals. But again you'll want to be as close to the antenna's of those as much as you can with the hotspot device.
It's hard to get a response from a Hiboost technician. Maybe you know the answer. My carrier is US Cellular and my best band is 12 or LTE 700. I'd like to adjust my 4k plus to lock in on that band alone because band 2 and 5 are really bad. Thanks for your hard work.....
Hey Jerry, if you install the "signalsupervisor" app you can connect via Bluetooth/wifi to the booster and there are toggles to turn off different bands. So you could turn off all but LTE700 to force a B12 only connection. I show the app in this other video: ua-cam.com/video/EEQ96uTbGL0/v-deo.html
@@NaterTater wow, thank you for the quick response. Sadly the Tech dept. told me....because I have a newer phone (s22+) Bluetooth won't work. I think if I could figure out how to shut down the other bands and just boost LTE 700 I can isolate band 12 then my problem would be solved. Thank you again..!
That's a 9dbi directional antenna . I got the same antenna it was horribal!!!!!!!!! Ended up buying a parabolic antenna gaining 28dbi 20 mile range yes that antenna was 200usd alone but well worth it set 65 foot up a tree ,,,, what was your dbm asu outside ? Without it on
I just installed an AT&T cell booster and it really works fine for me. Used to get one line on my signal when I’m home, now I’m getting 4 lines. It cost me $259.00.
Very impressive test! I must get one for my workshop
good report !
I've been using Wilson cellphone boosters for years. The best way to look at a cellphone booster is look at it like a microphone, amp and speaker. (This would be like a two way set-up but it's best to think about it one way) The outside antenna is the microphone, then it amps up the "volume" to the inside speaker (antenna). If you get them too close together they'll feedback just like a pa system. They work pretty good if you set it up correctly but they don't use polarized frequency which means the speeds won't be as high as it would be if you were getting the same frequency strength straight off the tower.
Yes, I had to move my indoor unit around to find the best position. Currently my T- Mobile router is laying horizontal on a 4 inch piece of tubing 26 inches high I custom made for it after a year of experimenting.
Awesome videos, Nater! Just an FYI to your followers, Waveform doesn't offer their Signal Stream app for an iPhone (facepalm)...
Patiently (not patiently) waiting for the HiBoost review using it with the T-Mobile home internet. Thanks for doing these reviews buddy.
Same here!
Wonder if it's already effecting his t mobile home internet?
Yes I also am also "chomping a the bit" to see if the HiBoost and antenna will help with staying connected to T-Mobile 5g freqencies insterad of the 4g bands.
Video within a week!
Has he made a video on that yet I don’t see it and also waiting for that same video.. because that’s what I’m currently trying to accomplish and so far it has only made my speeds worse.. went from 2 bars to 4/5 but way slower speeds.
Thanks for doing a very good and informative review. Good job. I subscribed today. I did Order my Hiboost today, my old Wilson cell booster went belly up. Sorrthat I didn’t
Great review, very good and informative. My old Wilson cell booster recently went belly up and so based on your review, today I purchased a Hiboost. Sorry that I didn’t use your discount code because I found a 20% discount from The Antennaman. Nevertheless thanks and good job!
Glad it was helpful!
I have a Wilson WeBoost whole home cellular amplifier and I replaced the paddle antenna because it did not cover the 600mgz bands. I called Wilson and explained what I had and that I wanted to buy a replacement Pro antenna that covered 600mhz. I had to use a $5 adapter for it and the antenna was $79. It works great ! I started with an RSSP of - 113 and now it's _57 to - 65. SNR is 14 RSRQ is -8. Been using it now for 18 months and it works well.
Are you saying you used it with t mobile home internet or a cellphone?
@@Bryan-Hensley I'm using it for both. I have AT&T cell service now, (changing to T-Mobile this fall ) and T-Mobile home internet. It has made a huge difference in my rural cell phone service as well as home internet. When I unplug my cell amp my RSRP goes from -65 to -109. and of course my speed goes from upto 147 to 65mbs
@@johncosgrove2738 I think I like this idea better than adding external antennas to the gateway.
@@johncosgrove2738 which model do you have?
I have a booster with T-Mobile Home Internet. It does boost the LTE signals, but it will not boost T-Mobile's 5G signals. This is due to the FCC not allowing consumer boosters to boost N41 or N71 at this time. It does stabilize my LTE. Most of the time I'm getting band 66. I typically get 70mps down and 15 mps up. Previously I was getting 3 bars, now I get 5. Band 41 still only gets 2. You will also need to register the booster with your carrier.
I bought a WeBoost from Amazon and the paddle antenna did not cover the 600 mhz band. So I called Wilson { who manufactures the WeBoost and bought a replacement antenna for $79 that covers 600 mhz. Works great !! It works on alll carriers.
All boosters only boost 5G NSA. Not SA 5G. NSA = Non-Stand Alone 5G. Which is basically a extension of 4G LTE signals. SA 5G = Stand Alone. Which uses their own channel focus. So Channels N like N71/41 and even B41 LTE. Won't get boosted. Most companies that boost signals only work on 2, 4/66, 5, 12/17, 13/25 B bands.
I also have a Weboost drive sleek. I tested it as a stationary system. Verizon drops from 109 to around 95. Semi better performance but not very decent. ATT from 106 to 87/95 i get better stability and from 20-50 i get 40-50 and above depending on traffic. T-Mobile though around 115 to 110. I barely noticed much decrease even on both set to 5G NSA and 4G LTE. With or without boosted. Speeds were all over the place. mainly hitting 50's. then sometimes 30's. Though could be due to a cheaper phone. Compared to the other two. Moto G100/S20U.
@timothy quindt which booster did you buy for the home internet?
The Amazboost booster off of Amazon.
@@tquindt1 Hi Timothy, does the T-Mobile Home Internet antenna pick up the signal from the Amazboost ok? What sort of performance gain did you see on the Homne Internet once you hooked up the Amazboost?
Of course you could use wifi calling/data over your tmobile/verizon 5G internet gateway along with a mesh wifi expander and get even better results
I do that too!
I bought a cell phone booster for my Verizon home connect system. It's a newer home connect ( 5g ). Well I put it in and it DIDNT help my Verizon system, BUT it did amazing things for my cell phone. I've lived in my home for 23 years and my cell phone has NEVER WORKED IN MY HOUSE. Now my home phone DOES not work well, but my cell phone does. Go figure. I do know though that in my area, the signal is NOT good on good days. I'm curious about when the leaves come on the trees how that will affect it. I do have a question though because the new Verizon system is an upgrade from what I had before. It was also a home connect system but it was a 4g. Now I had an antennae for that too but no " booster ". It worked Great. No dropped calls or anything like that. Now I have the new 5g box and I get lousy service. GREAT cell service though. Kinda neat I guess.
Do the 8-bowtie TV antennas work? Those are much bigger
Greetings, thank you for the information.
Where did you purchase the tower 🤔
It was already installed when I bought the house but here is one like it: amzn.to/37NhtZg
as long as it costs more than $300 is what a verizon tech told me. I've had 2 over the years. None now. Verizon couldn't provide me with good service without me buying an expensive one so I went with Tmobile who's 5 g tower I can see 1.5 miles away
Valid points! A big factor that each person needs to weigh is what type of coverage do they have from each carrier.
That really sucks that the Polar bearing to the cell tower just fringes the peak of the roof.
The internet part DOSENT work well at all. I am getting a signal now,, but. It won't last long. That is a major problem. I need to boost.the signal some how.
Hey nate, as far as POE range 100m or 326ft before a POE repeater is needed.
yes I thought 300ft was getting close to the limit.
@@NaterTater Im on a verizon unlimited prepaid hotspot plan. Im 3.25mi from one tower and about 5 miles from a tower that I now have LOS with my setup and speed has doubled just by connecting to the further away tower. My signal went from -110 to -96 on band 66 as primary CA band. I have a 48 port POE L2 managed switch with multiple VLAN's and Im using 3 Linksys Mesh Velops for wifi all have POE splitters.
NaterTater
It must if there is a discount code in the description
Darn you Nater! Don’t be climbing that thing it’s dangerous! Please be careful!
There are safer things to do without a doubt but it is common practice for tv repair men to climb the tower to do this type of work. Properly securing yourself to the tower at the top and taking your time during the install lowers the risk.
@@NaterTater I use a tower belt
What does speed test app do you use?
if you have internet at home you can use wifi calling some carriers support it free of charge
Yes good point. I go back and forth on using wifi calling it seems it "breaks" every once in a while and my phone acts up on it so I intentionally shut it off. But another downside to no/low cell signal is the phone battery gets sucked dry quickly!
I have been told, By Wilson Electronics and others that the antennas only cover from 700Mhz up and the FCC won't allow them to sell the consumer kit that will pickup the 600Mhz band (N41)
So I asked if I could buy the antenna separately from them. The reply was Yes and I replaced the antenna. It has worked well for 2 years.
You do have to pay attention to the freq each antenna is tuned for but there are publicly available antennas that cover to 600mhz. n41 however is in the 2.5Ghz range. n71 is down to 618Mhz.
Hopefully last question. I was able to get my band info as “66”. But none of the boosters show that band. What suggestion would you do? I’m I looking at this wrong or do they automatically fix to your cell tower band?
B66 is a superset of B4 so if they support B4 then you're covered. The booster will automatically select the best signals to boost.
4.8.22
Nater Question: Where did you get that triangle antenna mast and is it cemented into the ground? I noticed that it did not tilt much when you were at the top.
Comment: Were the speeds better with the T mobile home internet using the external antenna?
Ham radio antenna tower is the best way to look them up.
Chuck, it was installed by the previous owner but does have cement in the ground and an attachment to the roof to stabilize it. See ua-cam.com/video/bboYE4qcfDM/v-deo.html for your home internet speed question.
How do you find your tower
I used a 4g booster back when TMobile home internet first came out and used it to boost my home internet signal but I had to constantly reset it
Did you have to reset the booster or the gateway?
@@NaterTater both, at least once a day if not more I'd lose full bars on the Nokia and I'd have to reset everything not ideal but it did help until 5g came to my area
@@NaterTater did same thing for me only rest about monthly, , tw0 bars on t mobil trash , after booster, 4 to 5 bars, devices are 3 feet apart
@@cheefadareafer the closer the inside and outside antenna the worse that issue becomes.
I know that this is unrelated to the video, but do you think it is fine to put the new T-Mobile Arcadyan gateway in an attic? In the summer it gets to be about 100 degrees, and it gets to below 0 in the winter, so I’m a little concerned that it might not like those temperatures.
the heat will kill it. Much better off putting an external antenna in the attic (or better yet outdoors). ua-cam.com/video/tqyGXm3yASc/v-deo.html
@@NaterTater Thanks for the reply. The idea I had was to install an antenna on the roof, and connect the 30ft wires to the gateway in the attic, since they won’t reach inside the house without a 20-30ft extension. From there I would use an Ethernet cable to get from the gateway to the house. Maybe if I put a fan on it, it would be alright? Maybe I’m better safe than sorry, but I’m really trying to reduce the amount of loss created by another 30ft of coax cable.
I used one from Weboost to try and boost signal for my verizon gateway. I did boost the signal, but it kept the verizon gateway at about 4 megs? when sometimes the gateway would get up to 30 without the booster. Could the booster kind of interfere with the wifi signal?
No it shouldn't hurt your wifi signal. Booster needs to match what band you are trying ro pick up.
Does a booster work with a jet pack. I can't get the Verizon home internet yet. The T-Mobil Arcadyan I have is poor at best with 2.0- 6.0 on average?
Yes it works with jet packs/hotspots. Another (better) option for a single device is a dedicated external antenna. ua-cam.com/video/ED4a913fOl0/v-deo.html
If you don't wanna fork to much. There's 2 companies that have Car/SUV boosters and people use them as stationary functions. I done same and it works well, Even for a tiny 23db outside antenna with only 18watts usage on the Weboost drive Sleek. Only 1 device and has a cradle. But you'll get the full boost. Compared to the ones with external antenna's like this that will differ on range depending how far the inside/outside antenna's are and how distances you are from the inside antenna.
So if you don't wanna do any insane crud. Surecall N-Range 2.0 or Weboost Drive-Sleek are good options. And it'll work on the jetpacks. Just have it sit on the cradle with a rubber band in the center.
I use a ATT Moto G100 on my Weboost stationary and i dropped from around 100-109 to 87-95db. From speeds of 20-50 download to more stable 40-50. Sometimes even hitting up to 70 or 100 on no traffic times.
Course the phone will still 'switch' towers no matter. Because the N-Range/Drive Sleek are still Omi-Directional antenna's. But they boost rather well for tiny systems. And both only cost 200$ compared to the higher stuff for inside range antenna's of like 400-500$+. Unless you go signal room deals. But again you'll want to be as close to the antenna's of those as much as you can with the hotspot device.
I have a one story home with no antenna. Can I still use this on the side of the house
Or is better to get something for the roof
Yes the side of the house can still work. Depending on a lot of factors the side of the house may be better/same/worse performance than roof.
Did you have someone put that antenna tower in, or DIY?
It was already installed when I purchased the house
It's hard to get a response from a Hiboost technician. Maybe you know the answer. My carrier is US Cellular and my best band is 12 or LTE 700. I'd like to adjust my 4k plus to lock in on that band alone because band 2 and 5 are really bad. Thanks for your hard work.....
Hey Jerry, if you install the "signalsupervisor" app you can connect via Bluetooth/wifi to the booster and there are toggles to turn off different bands. So you could turn off all but LTE700 to force a B12 only connection. I show the app in this other video: ua-cam.com/video/EEQ96uTbGL0/v-deo.html
@@NaterTater wow, thank you for the quick response. Sadly the Tech dept. told me....because I have a newer phone (s22+) Bluetooth won't work. I think if I could figure out how to shut down the other bands and just boost LTE 700 I can isolate band 12 then my problem would be solved. Thank you again..!
@@jerrywhite4497 idk about that...bluetooth is normally backwards compatible. Certainly give the app a try. I have a S20 and S21 phone.
So how do I find out what band I’m on to know what booster I’m supposed to purchase?
Ah. You can use the cell mapper app on your phone or any number of other apps to see that info.
I have the Verizon 4g home internet and the 5g home internet as well. Will this boost those speeds as well?
In some situations yes but highly depends. Verizon throttles their home internet so this wouldn't speed it up if you are already capped.
Oh, and Band N71 went from -102 to -82
How do you find out what band you’re on?
The booster screen reads out what band(s) its connected to and repeating.
Can you install the antenna in the attic?
Yes but will hurt the signal some
Would this work in other countries?
Yes
What was the name of the app you used on your phone?
Waveform signal stream
@@NaterTater Thanks but I don't think its available on the iPhone
@@randyw.8781 correct. Check out this option for iphone: www.waveform.com/a/b/guides/field-test-guide
I bought the Weboost, and it cut out my T mobile beer can!
HA HA FIRST TIME I HEARD THE TRASH CAN CALLED BEER CAN
That's a 9dbi directional antenna . I got the same antenna it was horribal!!!!!!!!! Ended up buying a parabolic antenna gaining 28dbi 20 mile range yes that antenna was 200usd alone but well worth it set 65 foot up a tree ,,,, what was your dbm asu outside ? Without it on
Bahahahahaaaaa 65db gain.....ROFL :)