Re: Is anyone on this ng still using cellular repeaters or femtocells at home?

From	"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups	misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android, uk.telecom.mobile
Subject	Re: Is anyone on this ng still using cellular repeaters or femtocells at home?
Date	2025-07-29 14:28 +0200
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On 2025-07-29 00:04, Cameo wrote:
> Marion <marion@facts.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, 28 Jul 2025 14:24:27 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote :
>>
>>
>>>>> I wonder how many others (besides me) still have home cellular
>>>>> repeaters & femtocells?
>>>> Never had one at home, and all the ones I've installed in offices are
>>>> now obsolete (3G) and I suspect a combination of better 4G and wifi is
>>>> now filling in the same gaps.
>>>
>>> I have never seen one of those things at a home here, or heard of
>>> somebody having one. Businesses, yes.
>>
>> To Carlos' point,
>>
>> You guys are across the Pond but out here, we have huge warehouses for
>> shopping where it used to be they had poor cell signal (understandably).
>>   <https://chainstoreage.com/metal-building-systems-provide-costco-cost-and-time-savings>
>>
>> Now the cellular signal is great inside these huge metal warehouses.
>>   <https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/experiences/utah/most-unique-costco-ut>
>>
>> It could be they offer public Wi-Fi as I never looked at what my phone was
>> doing, so the next time I'm inside, I'll run a signal scan to find out.
>>
>> In homes in the city or suburbia, the problem would be different in that
>> there are too many sources of ratio interference but the USA is rural too.
>>
>> The rural areas need cellular signal and the carriers *know* which
>> locations suck so they're more willing to provide the signal boosters.
>>
>> Although I guess with the combination of 5G penetration and ubiquitious
>> Wi-Fi calling, there is much less of a need for micro towers in most homes.
>>
> 
> So what do they use in underground metros  to enable the use of mobiles? I
> wish I could use my phone in my building’s underground garage, too.

Yes, I can use my phone inside the Madrid Metro (underground urban 
railway network) My phone does not have 5G.

In the parking lot of the Madrid flat I usually go to, the FM radio is 
very bad, but my phone works. I don't believe there is a femto cell.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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Is anyone on this ng still using cellular repeaters or femtocells at home? Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-07-27 21:25 +0000
  Re: Is anyone on this ng still using cellular repeaters or femtocells at home? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-07-28 00:32 +0100
    Re: Is anyone on this ng still using cellular repeaters or femtocells at home? Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-07-28 11:14 +0000
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