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[-] TRock@feddit.dk 3 points 3 days ago

Hows that work if there is no signal?

[-] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

OP states the get AT&T signal. You live out in the country, you have to get creative. Find the spot where signal is strong, plop your phone there. Mine at the time hung in front of a window.

[-] kieron115@startrek.website 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Unfortunately, for me the spot where the signal is strong is ~250 feet up on top of a mountain. We had a cell booster that worked great on 3G but I'm not real keen on spending another $150 on a new repeater that may or may not pick up a signal from our roof. Another fun aspect of being out in the country is that I'm living in a converted pole barn which has a metal "skin" with double layer mylar foil/foam insulation that makes it quite difficult for signals to get inside. There's no mesh so it's not a full Faraday cage but it creates a lot of attenuation.

[-] kieron115@startrek.website 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The AT&T hotspot is actually data capped, higher ping, and quite slow since we only have HSPA+ (4G) way out here. We used a hotspot while we were on the wait list for Starlink and just knowing there was a data cap made it pretty unpleasant to use. I should have specified that in the original post.

this post was submitted on 14 May 2025
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