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we've all been there you're on a business call you're making plans for

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the evening or you're chatting up that girl you like when suddenly boop the

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line is deader than paris hilton's singing career and here we are it's 2017

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48 years after the alleged moon landing

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and we still haven't figured this out what gives

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well there are actually a lot of variables in the average cell phone

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connection there can be signal handoff problems if you're on the move and

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switching from one tower to another phone antennas are now buried inside the

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device rather than sticking out like they did back in the ancient 1990s

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at places like sporting events or concerts tons of people uploading

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selfies at the same time can overload a cell tower and of course the world is

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full of materials like thick concrete that don't exactly get along with phone

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signals but let's say that you're like you know kind of like an important

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person that needs to like stay connected at all times how can you give your

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signal a boost surely there's a better solution than sitting by a window or

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stepping outside to take a call you bet there is one increasingly

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popular method is to bypass cell towers

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entirely many cell providers have recently begun offering wi-fi calling as

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a free add-on this uses your home or office wi-fi connection to place your

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call over the internet instead of the cell tower network to use it verify that

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your cellular plan provides you with wi-fi calling then enable it on your

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phone like this on iOS and like this on

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Android now wi-fi calling can drop out if you

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move away from your hotspot during a call but because a voice over ip or voip

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connection can carry much more data than a standard phone network it supports

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much higher call quality including hd voice which you can learn more about

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here option number two is to use a gadget

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called a femtocell or microcell or

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network extender this is a dedicated box

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that connects to your home internet connection but instead of providing your phone with

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a signal over wi-fi it instead generates the same kind of signal that you would

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get directly from the tower then it uses the internet to connect to

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your carrier's network this can be a decent way to go if you're

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using older equipment that doesn't support wi-fi calling but these things

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can be costly at around 200 each and

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you'll need to ensure that your model of femtocell supports your specific carrier

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adding insult to injury you may actually get charged a monthly fee to use it and

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furthermore although a phone will see a femtocell signal the same way it would

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an ordinary signal from a cell tower so there's no special setup required on

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your phone some due diligence and configuration may

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be required to ensure that strangers can't connect to it

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bottom line wi-fi calling is a much better solution unless you have

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equipment that you must use that simply doesn't support it

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okay then what if you don't have a nearby internet

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connection to strengthen your signal well then you probably need a signal

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booster which can take even a weak cellular signal and amplify it into

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something that's strong enough for your phone to use the downside to these is that you can't

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use them in an area that has no service at all unlike wi-fi calling or fm to

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cell you'll also need something to power it such as a car charging outlet

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signal boosters for homes and businesses are also available and if you can afford

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one they can be a great option for large buildings where there are a lot of

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people on many different carriers though for the best results you'll actually

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want the antenna outside preferably on the roof

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which speaking from experience can be a bit of a hassle of course much

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of the frustration of having a weak signal can be avoided by simply ensuring

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that you sign up with a carrier who provides good service in the areas

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you'll be using it in the first place and besides maybe it's a little

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comforting to know that there are still a few holes in the

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big data machine of this brave new world

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speaking of frustration do you find yourself racing against the clock as a

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freelancer it's challenging but thanks to the internet and the fact that you

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can get it you know anywhere in your cell connection whatever don't worry about

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