VoIP Solutions, IP Telephony and Unified Communications: Pair of Wilson Cell Phone Boosters Solve Poor iPhone Reception on AT&T
Nov. 01, 2010 By: Andrew Garcia
During CTIA, eWEEK Labs invited Wilson Electronics
to our San Francisco offices to see if it could solve the iPhone and
AT&T conundrum: how to deliver a reliable cell phone
connection to a class A building in the heart of downtown San
Francisco. Wilson provided a pair cell phone boosters: the $140 Sleek
Cell Phone Signal Booster, designed for use in a car; and the $300
SignalBoost DT Desktop, which serves multiple cell phones in a small
home or office. The Sleek unit delivered about 10 dB signal boost to a
single iPhone, making it possible to place a call—a 100 percent success
rate, compared with the 30 percent success rate without the boost. But
the antenna has to be close to the outdoors or a window, or the Sleek
doesn't seem to help much. The DT Desktop, on the other hand, boosts
signal up to 50 db to several phones within 10 to 25 feet of the desktop
antenna. Just beware of the oscillation from a misaligned unit. To read
the full review, check out "
Wilson Makes iPhone Reception Possible." Or if you have experience with Wilson's boosters, share your thoughts at labs.eweek.com.
