Low connectivity issue

[bbsnooks]

I’m having issues with connectivity in the daytime. Usually it’s one maybe two bars but at night time I have three bars often. I’m wondering why this is happening and if there’s something I can do to strengthen my cellular. I live in a less populated area. However, there is a tower within a few miles

[DeanKevin64]

You phone will switch bands and in turn will switch towers, different parts of the house will have different signal strength, it just depends on how much there is for the signal to penetrate. Chances are your best signal inside the house would be by a window that is facing a tower.

I am in a very rural area and quite far from the towers and on average I have 2 bars, but at times it will drop to one and on the other end of the scale I have had four bars, this is throughout the day and night.

[bbsnooks]

Thanks,

i do chase a windo some times … however I’m wondering if there is any technology that can help improve the bar’s.  I’ve been reading up on cellular signal boosters and wondering if any one has used them with success. Don’t always believe everything advertising on web … 

[VisiblyPresent]

I've used a weBoost Home Multi-Room  for 4-5 years now (prior to coming to Visible). Even now it effectively takes a 2 bar 4G LTE signal to 4 bar 5G - it's able to pull in a marginal 5G coverage consistently while boosting that to 4 bars. Quadruples speeds but YMMV - a lot of factors go into whether a booster helps. In my case it has an exterior antenna feeding the booster to an internal antenna. In this configuration you want to test signal from where the external antenna is located. In my case the gable end of the roof pointing toward the strongest hisgest quality signal/tower.

The external antenna receives a weak but high quality connection that's successfully boosted, and Visible provides a reliable backup to my home internet service (Starlink) as well as reliable voice/data. If it were low quality it would just decrease the quality in most cases where SNR is the issue (i.e. it boosts the noise also).

Pricey (> $500) but worth it in my scenario.

[bbsnooks]

Thank you … do you know how to find the towers .  I found one near but it’s T mobile. 

I can’t find the Verizon towers

[VisiblyPresent]

I've had vearying degrees of success with the OpenSignal app depending upon where I'm at.

https://www.opensignal.com/networks/usa/verizon-coverage

There are other apps that assist in locating towers.

[Yourfriend]

How do you find the Verizon towers?