Verizon Network Extender Review
0. phoneArena posted on 04 Mar 2009, 09:04
Despite the ever-growing population of cellular towers, there are still wireless customers that feel left out, as they get poor signal reception in their home or office. Because of this, Femtocell was invented, which basically is a miniature cell tower that you can setup in your home or office. Last year we reviewed the Sprint version, called the AIRAVE, and now Verizon has released their Network Extender, which is...
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20. MT (unregistered) posted on 09 Sep 2010, 15:58 0 0
My husband and I forked over the money for the network extender so we could use our cell phones in our house and drop our landline. BIG MISTAKE. The thing is a joke. It is always losing the network signal. And when I call Verizon they tell me to unplug the extender and reset the modem and router. Such a pain. And then it never fixes the problem. I've also called many times to have them tell me that there is a network outage and they are working to fix the problem. It's not really what they advertise since you're still on a network of theirs that goes down at random. And they don't know what's wrong with mine. The system light has been flashing red for a week now and no one at Verizon has any idea how the box works. We're really regretting our decision to drop the landline in favor of this junk.
21. cmercado (unregistered) posted on 28 Oct 2010, 12:11 0 0
I had my extender for about 6 months and my bars went from 1 to 4. If it uses my minutes, I don't care because without the extender I wouldn't be able to use my minutes since I could'nt get any good signal to make call
22. Don (unregistered) posted on 16 Jan 2011, 13:47 0 0
I can not get the extender to connect over my T1 business internet service. I took the unit home to test it and no problem connecting over my home DSL. Has anyone had the same problem?
23. Wes (unregistered) posted on 16 Jan 2011, 15:16 0 0
The Femotcell unit would be great for people who live or work in remote areas with absolutely no Verizon service available, but good access to broadband internet. But, there may be another option to consider for many users.
However, in most areas of the United States, you can get at least a weak signal from a Verizon tower. In this case a cellular repeater may help. Wilson Electronicswww.wilsonelectronics.com sells a variety of them. I am not endorsing them nor have I used thier products. But I think this would be worth considering.
A cell phone repeater uses an antenna on the outside of a building of near a window and another antenna inside the building or home. The repeater boosts the strength of the signal from the tower going to your phone and vise versa. This should theoretically work both in a dense city environment a well as a rural area that is far from a cell tower. In a city, massive steel and concrete structures bock cellular signals. Out in the country, the distance to the tower is the problem. A repeater should help in both cases. If anyone has experience with a cellular repeater, please post about your experience.
25. Kyle (unregistered) posted on 22 Mar 2011, 10:29 0 0
We cannot get the device to connect from our business just like you Don. Take it home and don't have any trouble connecting the device from home. Verizon has no idea why it won't work...
26. Port (unregistered) posted on 28 Aug 2011, 15:29 0 0
I don't know what you guys are talking about because the network extended has been amazing for me! I get 5 bars of pure quality service, I used to get no service and now 5, bravo Verizon!
27. Mike015pgh (unregistered) posted on 09 Oct 2011, 14:53 0 0
if it is not working in a business situation but is at a home one. you may need to check with the system admin and verizon on what ports are needed to be opened on the firewall.
I have a unit simular to a willson repeater. It does work though it is limited by how good the signal outside. if you have 3+ bars outside they can help. if not they will be of very limited benefit. If this was available when I bought my repeater I would have gone with this as it gets its signal directly from the provider. Also the repeater I have is not provider specific it will work with any provider that uses its designed frequency. the verizon unit will only work with verizon.
http://www.amazon.com/Wireless-Extenders-YX545-Dual-Band-Booster/dp/B003VOW5WI/ref=sr_1_2?s=wireless&ie=UTF8&qid=1318 189422&sr=1-2
