Ok, I received the sticker thingy a couple of days ago and I thought I would use it for a while before posting...

It appears to make some difference. I cannot explain why but I now get a consistant 1 (sometimes 2) bar of signal as opposed to the 0-1 I was getting before. It has also improved my 3G reception.

So, either T-mobile have uped the gain on my local mast at the sametime I fitted it or it does actually work

IIRC its supposed to reflect signal back towards the aerial giving it a bit more signal reception. TBH silver paper might work just as well. If the two transmitters are in different directions then try papering the walls nearest the one you dont want with aluminium foil.

Quote from: SeriousTBH silver paper might work just as well. If the two transmitters are in different directions then try papering the walls nearest the one you dont want with aluminium foil.

Erm, seriously ? Youre definitely not into interior design in anyway are you

I just watched "Click" on the BBC and they had a film about a new bit of kit called a Femtocell.  You plug it into your router and it provides a 3G signal around your house.  Apparently several operators in the US and Europe are looking to give them to their users for free along with free calls on your mobile when using it indoors.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/7098257.stm

http://www.ubiquisys.com/ubiquisys3/index.php

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Quote from: SeriousTBH silver paper might work just as well. If the two transmitters are in different directions then try papering the walls nearest the one you dont want with aluminium foil.

Erm, seriously ? Youre definitely not into interior design in anyway are you

Surprisingly not my idea, it was on an episode of click on the beeb.

Quote from: M3ta7h3adId wait considering I think T-Mobile are using O2s equipment to provide their network. Wouldnt be surprised if all of a sudden your phone works brilliantly.
 

No T-Mobile have their own equipment.

Three will falls back to O2 thou..... and Virgin == T-Mobile (apart from Virgin have their own billing system)

Quote from: NimrodIm fairly certain my signal is not going to improve. I get the feeling that the mast went live ~3 months ago, as thats when my signal went through the floor; perhaps its not an O2 mast ?

Quite possible, the O2 mast will be swamping the frequency range. (Since all UK operators operate within the same band)

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Quote from: M3ta7h3adId wait considering I think T-Mobile are using O2s equipment to provide their network. Wouldnt be surprised if all of a sudden your phone works brilliantly.
 

No T-Mobile have their own equipment.

Three will falls back to O2 thou..... and Virgin == T-Mobile (apart from Virgin have their own billing system)

Which are the phone companies currently renting/leasing equipment from O2? as BT Cellnet pretty much owned everything in the past, and Ive heard that a lot of the others actually use their equipment, and masts.

Quote from: M3ta7h3adWhich are the phone companies currently renting/leasing equipment from O2? as BT Cellnet pretty much owned everything in the past, and Ive heard that a lot of the others actually use their equipment, and masts.

Well BT Mobile a Virtual Operator of Vodafone. (just to add the the confusion)

Many Virtual Operators (Virgin, Fresh) use T-Mobile although Tesco use O2.

Orange, T-Mobile, Vodafone, Orange and Three all have their own masts (Although Three will use some of O2s masts when 3G is out of range)

W.R.T to my previous comment about Frequency then I remembered today that Orange and T-Mobile are on a higher frequency range (1800MHz) Vodafone & O2 (which are 900MHz). This is also the reason why O2 and Voda have better coverage.