jimindenver
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I have been testing the various phones and hotspot devices I have been posting about for a year now. Some free, some extremely cheap and some not so much so. Today I set up the booster and directional antenna to see what kind of difference it made over the naked devices.
My Verizon 3G hotspot has had a decent, usable signal from the start. I use it for streaming you tube, Netflix and pandora with the only issue of the tower getting over loaded in the early evening. Putting it in the booster cradle increases it's signal to full and it does improve the streaming until the tower overloads.
Cricket has worked great for calls and data here booster or not.
The Freedompop AT&T sims on 4G do well.
T-mobile gets a signal that goes to full signal with the booster BUT that doesn't mean it's always usable. It struggles with overloading a lot. Oddly that is only for LTE, it showed no signal at all on 4G.
Sprint which I had heard was none existent is here. I first noticed it with my Ring Plus phone that would make calls and showed data on 3G. The Freedompop hotspot however showed nothing on 3G or LTE until I put it into the cradle. Then it bacame as usable as Sprint 3G can be.
The 4Gcommunity LTE hotspot has LTE only, no 3G and it shows no connection in or out of the cradle.
None of these devices roam in any way, they are using their native service only. I am not with surprised with Verizon or AT&T, kind of disappointed in the 4gas T-Mobile and pleasantly pleased that Sprint shows up at all. The booster obviously make a big difference in signal strength with all devices showing full signal up from 50%. I really like that the three free services do function here.
Should you like to see how your device benefits from the booster, let me know. I would be happy to put it in and show you.
My Verizon 3G hotspot has had a decent, usable signal from the start. I use it for streaming you tube, Netflix and pandora with the only issue of the tower getting over loaded in the early evening. Putting it in the booster cradle increases it's signal to full and it does improve the streaming until the tower overloads.
Cricket has worked great for calls and data here booster or not.
The Freedompop AT&T sims on 4G do well.
T-mobile gets a signal that goes to full signal with the booster BUT that doesn't mean it's always usable. It struggles with overloading a lot. Oddly that is only for LTE, it showed no signal at all on 4G.
Sprint which I had heard was none existent is here. I first noticed it with my Ring Plus phone that would make calls and showed data on 3G. The Freedompop hotspot however showed nothing on 3G or LTE until I put it into the cradle. Then it bacame as usable as Sprint 3G can be.
The 4Gcommunity LTE hotspot has LTE only, no 3G and it shows no connection in or out of the cradle.
None of these devices roam in any way, they are using their native service only. I am not with surprised with Verizon or AT&T, kind of disappointed in the 4gas T-Mobile and pleasantly pleased that Sprint shows up at all. The booster obviously make a big difference in signal strength with all devices showing full signal up from 50%. I really like that the three free services do function here.
Should you like to see how your device benefits from the booster, let me know. I would be happy to put it in and show you.
