Improving signal strength for Optus mobile hotspot

[Barboots]

Anyone tried one of these or similar, find they work pretty well when the signal is weak.

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/3G-4G-Signa ... gi-Antenna

The link is now dead but 99.99% of these are illegal. If anyone (like me) finds one being used... which would be to the detriment of all others... they would be fully documented for follow up by the Regulator.

Cellfi or whatever it's called is the only product which doesn't impact other's reception. They're expensive.

Been using mine for awhile, never had a complaint from anyone, other than to ask of they could use it where there wasn't a good signal and know quite a few other real travellers who have them and never received a complaint. Checked their legality before buying and they are fine, just like lots of cellular phone repeater/boosters you can get on ebay and many other places. Sounds like wouldn't want to know somwone like you, who would go out of their way to cause trouble for those who travel almost full time and like to have decent reception wherever they go.

https://www.acma.gov.au/theACMA/mobile- ... -consumers

Back up your claims "mate" [emoji849]

Pity I missed the name calling or whatever it was.

[T1 Terry]

Pure gold, that needs to be put up as a reply on every web post and social media attack to call out this sort of behaviour. They would never do it face to face at a campfire would they?
Mind if I use it on a few other forums where the behaviour is a lot worse than here?

T1 Terry

[native pepper]

The link is now dead but 99.99% of these are illegal. If anyone (like me) finds one being used... which would be to the detriment of all others... they would be fully documented for follow up by the Regulator.

Cellfi or whatever it's called is the only product which doesn't impact other's reception. They're expensive.

Been using mine for awhile, never had a complaint from anyone, other than to ask of they could use it where there wasn't a good signal and know quite a few other real travellers who have them and never received a complaint. Checked their legality before buying and they are fine, just like lots of cellular phone repeater/boosters you can get on ebay and many other places. Sounds like wouldn't want to know someone like you, who would go out of their way to cause trouble for those who travel almost full time and like to have decent reception wherever they go.

https://www.acma.gov.au/theACMA/mobile- ... -consumers

Back up your claims "mate" [emoji849]

Pity I missed the name calling or whatever it was.

Don't have to, you need to read the regulations properly and not as many do, jump up and down and make a fool of yourself. My repeater and others I know, have the permission of their providers to use them, because of the time we spend on the road and where we go. It took some time to get the written permission because they had no idea of the regulations and had to check them out, as well as track out ph usage, but we got them without trouble once they understood them. They also work well with the internet, but a bot slower compared to a direct tower and it is only used when we get no signal, which is according to the regulations. They can track our usage of the repeater, via our tower connections. If we used it all the time, we would be breaking the regulations and probably disrupting others.

Get sick of part time would be travellers constantly causing problems because they think they know and because they go on the road once or twice a year fir a few days, thinking they are god. Yet to run across a decent traveller who complained about our repeater, they were happy to use it after we inform them we have one, as they could get nothing. Real travellers help each other, not create unnecessary waves, just to inflate their inadequate ego's.

[Barboots]

Pure gold, that needs to be put up as a reply on every web post and social media attack to call out this sort of behaviour. They would never do it face to face at a campfire would they?
Mind if I use it on a few other forums where the behaviour is a lot worse than here?

T1 Terry

I've got a whole file of similar that I'd be happy to email you Terry [emoji16]

[Barboots]

Been using mine for awhile, never had a complaint from anyone, other than to ask of they could use it where there wasn't a good signal and know quite a few other real travellers who have them and never received a complaint. Checked their legality before buying and they are fine, just like lots of cellular phone repeater/boosters you can get on ebay and many other places. Sounds like wouldn't want to know someone like you, who would go out of their way to cause trouble for those who travel almost full time and like to have decent reception wherever they go.

https://www.acma.gov.au/theACMA/mobile- ... -consumers

Back up your claims "mate" [emoji849]

Pity I missed the name calling or whatever it was.

Don't have to, you need to read the regulations properly and not as many do, jump up and down and make a fool of yourself. My repeater and others I know, have the permission of their providers to use them, because of the time we spend on the road and where we go. It took some time to get the written permission because they had no idea of the regulations and had to check them out, as well as track out ph usage, but we got them without trouble once they understood them. They also work well with the internet, but a bot slower compared to a direct tower and it is only used when we get no signal, which is according to the regulations. They can track our usage of the repeater, via our tower connections. If we used it all the time, we would be breaking the regulations and probably disrupting others.

Get sick of part time would be travellers constantly causing problems because they think they know and because they go on the road once or twice a year fir a few days, thinking they are god. Yet to run across a decent traveller who complained about our repeater, they were happy to use it after we inform them we have one, as they could get nothing. Real travellers help each other, not create unnecessary waves, just to inflate their inadequate ego's.

Name the carrier. Show the device. Post the approval.

Furthermore, your full-time tirade is both irrelevant to me and the topic in general. What it is, however, is egotistical posturing. Pot, kettle...

[BruceS]

Is this still going?
Good way to get a fire going is to poke it with a stick or two.
Let it die now please?

[T1 Terry]

Kogan is now selling the dual sim Samsung note10+ for $1560 and the 4G part says " Enhanced 4x4 MIMO, Up to 7CA, LAA, LTE Cat.20 " what the .... does that mean? Looks cheaper to buy a new phone outright than to try and add anything to improve the reception on the one I have.

T1 Terry