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Orange network coverage booster
Hello
I'm getting near renewal with O2 and have read that their network for the internet is not too good. However I have been thinking of switching to orange but my friends mobiles dont have too great a coverage at my home. Orange seems ok elsewhere its just around my home and the surrounding areas for 1/2 miles. I read somewhere there is a booster which can improve the coverage at and around your home - can anyone point me in the right direction. Also do you think I am right dropping O2 and starting up with orange. I am thinking of getting the Desire phone. So O2 to orange, with a new Desire phone and in need of an around my location booster - thoughts would be appreciated, thanks |
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don't you mean a femtocell or whatever they're called? Basically a small mast... Don't think Orange do them yet.
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They do something called UMA - on some 3G mobile phones - where you can roam onto your home wifi connection.
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They do something called UMA - on some 3G mobile phones - where you can roam onto your home wifi connection.
i think this sounds like what someone said at work, if signal is bad it picks up your local broadband connection - have you any more info, a link? |
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If you google "Orange UMA" you'll find it
From the way I read it, it looks like it might be for making calls, sending texts, using the internet - but not for receiving calls. |
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What UMA appears to do is all rather moot - I think only Blackberries routinely include it, and one or two ancient Nokia dumbphones,
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Have you thought about Vodafone, they have the Sure Signal device, which is the only femtocell in the market. It uses your home bb to provide a 3G signal. Advantage of UMA is you can also receive calls, also it works with any 3G phone, not just the UMA compatible ones
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