Re: Do these cellular amplifiers work for all cellphones?

Martin Brown <'''newspam'''@nonad.co.uk> wrote:
> On 08/04/2022 20:22, gtr wrote:
>> Do these cellular amplifiers work when your cellular signal is low?
>> https://www.weboost.com/boosters/vehicle-car
>> 
>> How low?
> 
> Hard to say. It will depend on which of the various frequencies the 
> nearest cellular network is using and what the phone supports. It would 
> be illegal to use in the UK - but not to sell them to punters :(
> 
> What will limit its utility in the end is the time gating on mobile 
> masts so that they refuse connections from more than ~35 miles away 
> (that figure for UK networks I don't know what it is in the USA).
> 
> I have a pair of passive yagi antennae and a Mifi with external antenna 
> capability that will let me connect to remote nodes provided that there 
> is direct line of sight and they are not too far away. No use in a car 
> since the highly directional antennas need careful pointing.
> 
> It was useful to get a fast reliable data link to the mobile network in 
> an area like mine with poor signal (and even worse wired ADSL service).
> 
> 

Does that 35 mile limit apply to LTE? I thought it was a GSM thing.