"Graham." <me@privicy.com> wrote in message
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> "Rocky" <me9@privacy.net> wrote in message
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>> Hi,
>> As per the subject line. My parents live in a small village with
>> extremely crap and unresponsive telecomes cover, this includes not only
>> landline, but also mobile. Wih the landlines breaking down more and more
>> frequently, there's been questions raised about getting better mobile
>> coverage, so with this in mind.
>> Apart from changing providers to the one that has the strongest signal in
>> the given area. Is there anything else that can be done, is it possible
>> to boost a mobile phones signal at all?
>> Anything else anyone can suggest?
>> Thanks,
>> Rocky.
>
> Car-kit with an external aerial placed strategically may do
> the trick, but fewer and fewer handsets have aerial sockets
> these days.
>
>
This has been covered several times before.
Good used Nokia 6310i in a Cark 91 car kit, with mains PSU,
and a base aerial as high as possible connected to the car kit.

Also if 1800MHz network? Cheap Algon in-line bi-directional amp from Peter
Parry

http://www.wppltd.demon.co.uk/WPP/Pr...es.html#Linamp

http://www.wppltd.demon.co.uk/WPP/wpp.html#FirstPage
http://www.wppltd.demon.co.uk/Contac...ntact_wpp.html

Steve Terry