[Ben_Freeman]

In my house in Trowbridge I have a signal loss in my room everywhere else in the house I get I signal but in my bedroom I barley have enough signal to send texts I live in a residential house so our bedrooms are like our lounges as well so that's why I need the signal In there my network is Virgin media but two other networks do the same three and o2 can anyone help or explain why this is happening and what I could do about it thanks

[chrisjr]

Where exactly in the house is your room? Depending on where it is it could be being shielded from the mobile masts by the rest of the building. A basement room being possibly the worst place to be.

Do you have access to a phone on EE? Virgin piggy back on EE's network so in theory an EE phone should also get a poor signal.

If the rest of the building is screening your room from the masts then there isn't very much you can do. Short of moving or demolishing the offending parts of the house

[Ben_Freeman]

It's toward the front of the house the staff bathroom gets no signal too there is a fire alarm system in the corridor by the bathroom could this be an issue the phone signal is fine in the lower part of house towards garden but not in room just clarifying things

[chrisjr]

Unless the fire alarm is a large metal box directly in line with the mast and so casting a shadow over the bathroom and your room it's unlikely to be the cause. Either that or it is radiating some sort of signal that is blocking the mobile reception.

RF can be a real pain. Depending on what is between you and the mast you can get all sorts of dead spots. Steel framed buildings can be particularly mobile unfriendly as all that metal work screws with the signal.

There is not really that much you can do about a situation like this. Unless one of the other operators has a mast in a more favourable location and so covers your room. Some networks do a box that plugs into your broadband router and creates what is in effect a mobile phone cell that uses your broadband connection to link into the mobile phone operators network. Allows you to make and receive mobile calls even though you have no conventional reception. Not sure if Virgin do these boxes.

[Ben_Freeman]

I'm changing to three soon anyway but three also have the signal problem in my room

[de525ma]

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Originally Posted by Ben_Freeman

I'm changing to three soon anyway but three also have the signal problem in my room

3 and EE have similar coverage due to mast location sharing. 3 and EE both offer some form of WiFi calling (though it's more seamless on EE) which will help you out a bit though.

Worth trying PAYG sims from Voda and O2 to ensure that you make the correct decision before committing to any long term contract. Voda will also readily sell you a signal box which runs off your broadband and provides coverage in the property.

[Ben_Freeman]

Will they do unlimited data though as that's what I want o2 is out as that doesn't get signal at all in my room

[packages]

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Originally Posted by Ben_Freeman

Will they do unlimited data though as that's what I want o2 is out as that doesn't get signal at all in my room

Only 3 offer unltd data

[Ben_Freeman]

Thanks