Signal Boosters for Remote Areas with Weak Cell Phone Coverage

How to improve cellular service when in rural area? Phone boosters can be used in many different applications to improve coverage, be it in homes, offices, vehicles or even remote locations between mountains. In this post, we will list the best cell phone boosters for remote residential areas.

The cellular network in North America has improved greatly over the past 20 years and nowadays, the four big cell carriers cover up to 98% of the population. In spite of this, there're still numerous remote locations with millions living and working there that have unreliable, spotty cell coverage.

Although many of those people moved to these areas because they want to live off the grid and don't need cellular connectivity, others do, and that is where signal boosters can assist.

In this article, we will have a look at some of those rural or remote areas and then show you which of the many signal booster models carried by signalbooster.com are best suitable for different applications such as within rural houses, sheds, cars, etc. Typically, cell phone boosters for very remote areas have Yagi antennas that capture signals from cell towers that are farther away by tens of miles than in major cities. Such signal boosters for cell phones in mountainous areas help get useable reception to make and receive calls or use mobile Internet.

Known Remote Areas with Weak Cell Phone Coverage:

Texas Hill Country.

In Texas Hill Country, the winter gets cold and rainy. Trudging around outside trying to find a cell signal so you can make a call is not fun at all.

Angela lives in this remote area and her house is 27 miles from the nearest town and 12 miles from the closest cell tower. "Hill country" is aptly named and the many natural obstructions seem designed to hinder cellular connectivity.

The reception inside Angela's house showed as 0 bars on her phone, but once she had installed a signal booster, it improved dramatically to four solid bars of 4G service.

The Great American Southwest.

The states of Colorado, Arizona, Utah and New Mexico meet in the area known as the Four Corners. When a Geological Services company landed a job on a drilling project for natural gas in the area, the natural terrain obstacles and remote location made it very difficult to communicate outside.

Cellular devices only detected an extremely weak signal close to the work site occasionally, but when the team installed a phone booster, they were able to get cell phone coverage at the site consistently. This improved efficiency dramatically, while saving time and money at the same time.

Upstate New York.

Peter's upstate New York home is in a heavily wooded area, six miles from the closest cell tower. When he wanted to buy a smartphone including voice and data service through one of the major cell carriers, the local cell phone retailer did not believe it would work. The local telephone company did not even have landline cables to provide landline telephone service there.

The house on the edge of the carrier's service area is surrounded by 100-foot white and red pine. Peter only occasionally had one bar of service. However, after he had installed a phone booster, the signal inside the home went up to five constant bars. His data also jumped from zero to streaming video with no buffering.

Hosts working for the Animal Planet network often travel to some of the most inaccessible places in the world for the show, 100 Miles from Nowhere. They shared some much loved spots where their phone simply won't work.

No Return Wilderness, Idaho (Frank Church River).

This is one of the largest adjacent wilderness areas in the southern states and it takes hours of driving to reach. This is the place to go if you want to feel alone, with only the white-waters off the Salmon River, and bears and wolves as company.

White Pocket, Ariz.

This area is located close to the Utah border. You can only get there by four-wheel drive. It features one of the country's deepest slot canyons and towering coral pink sand dunes that look like enormous servings of ice cream. It has some of the most unique landforms on Earth and is totally off the grid.

Steens Mountain, Ore.

This peak in eastern Oregon starts at salt flats surrounding it and reaches a height of 9,700 feet. The deep canyons and rugged trails severely limit cell service. It acts like a massive wind ramp and if you want to feel what a wind feels like at 100 mph and be in clouds, this is the place to go.

Wasatch Mountains, Utah.

This 150-mile long mountain range is relatively close to the nearest town and proves that you don't have to be 100 miles from nowhere to get to the wilderness. Hikers are challenged by a steep climb to reach fields of wildflowers and open ridge lines.

Haleakala National Park, Hawaii.

Although it is possible to drive to the summit of this soaring volcano, hiking there and back is also possible, making it simple to get out of the crowds in no time at all. The single track goes from the summit down to the ocean.

Ozark Plateau.

The Ozarks is a popular off-the-grid destination for visitors to the south-central states. The cluster of highlands is heavily forested and contains parts of Missouri, Oklahoma and Arkansas. The rugged terrain has peaks of more than 2,000 feet and features many springs, hollows and valleys.

Frozen Head State Park, Tenn.

The majestic sandstone formations in this 24,000-acre wilderness area create a long ridge looking like an amphitheater. At the highest points of the park, visitors can see the Great Smoky Mountains, the Tennessee Valley and Cumberland Plateau.

Getting Better Reception in remote areas.

There's nothing better than being surrounded by that peace only Mother Nature can provide in a mountain cottage or summer cabin, away from the noise and off the grid.

There's however a problem with this idyllic scenario in that there will be limited cell phone signal and dropped calls, no internet, and no to spotty service will be the norm. In an emergency, being able to connect becomes the only thing that is important.

Cell Phone Signal Boosters.

There are a number of ways to improve cell signal, but a cell phone signal booster produces the best results.

How Do They Work?

A cell phone signal booster pulls in weak signal from the outside, amplifies existing signals by up to 32x, and rebroadcasts it through a cabin, cottage or vehicle.

Signalbooster.com stocks many solutions for all types of situations and circumstances. They work in any state and province in USA and Canada for almost every type of building.

Below is a list of the strongest and the best cell phone signal boosters for bungalows, cottages, cabins or vehicles in remote areas.

Suggested Powerful Phone Booster Kits For Remote Areas:

Indoor.

Connect 4G-X kit for large homes and offices is the most powerful consumer grade kit used to boost signal over up to 7,500 square feet areas but may not provide as much area coverage when outside signal is very weak. Connect 4GX has different models available for the USA and Canada, and will boost reception to all cellular devices within covered coverage spaces as long as they have subscription service with a mobile service provider meaning they have a working SIM card in the device.

Fusion-5s increases cellular signal strength for voice, text, 3G, and 4G LTE data for all US American cell carriers, including AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile. Different antenna options allows this booster to cover areas between 5,000 and 7,000 sq. ft. As with previous, it may not provide as much coverage with very poor signal outside but it will provide some service with just a little signal outside.

Home 15K for 15,000 Sq. Ft. is also a wide band booster that amplifies signals of all cellular operators with 70 dB cellular device reception gain. As with previous two types, it will not provide as much coverage with very bad reception signal outside - but it should provide enough near its interior antenna with atleast some signal outside.

Vehicle.

Drive 4G-X and the newer Drive Reach is also a multi-user phone booster for cars. It boosts signal of multiple cell phones or cellular devices with SIM card, simultaneously. All cellular devices being used in car will get simultaneous signal boost. Such devices can include smartphones, computer tablets, turbo sticks, internet sticks, air cards, mobile hotspots Mi-Fi, Jetpack, etc. Police officers trust it for use in their patrol car and SUV to enhance cell signals.

Fusion2Go 3.0 and the newer Fusion2Go Max is THE most powerful vehicle signal booster on the market. SureCall Max is trusted by police officers for use in their patrol cars and SUVs. It boosts cellular connection strength for voice, text, 3G, and 4G LTE networks on all USA wireless carriers.

Travel 4G also improves in-vehicle reception and thereby provides clear voice, instantaneous texting, and fast 3G or 4G LTE mobile internet uploads and downloads. It improves wireless reception for multiple cell phones and other cellular devices simultaneously. Everyone can now enjoy the freedom of clear calls and constant high speed data in your car, Van, Minivan, Sports Utility Vehicle, or boat.

All three in-vehicle phone booster kits offer maximum 50 dB gain allowed by FCC in USA and ISED in Canada. Therefore, these're ideal for use in very rural areas that are remote and far away from nearest cellphone towers.

Important Note:

While signal boosters are great news for most living in isolated areas with very terrible wireless reception, they won't work in all situations for everyone, everywhere. Please note that for phone boosters to work, they need to be able to capture some signal using exterior antenna to amplify it and broadcast within. If there's no signal that exterior antenna can catch, no signal booster will be able to help.

Please contact us for such situations and we will provide a custom solution using femtocell, microcell, etc. systems customized to suit your needs. Or submit details for indoor installation service or in-vehicle installation service.

Unlike cell phone signal boosters that do not require Internet and work for all carriers simultaneously - femtocell, microcell, and similar carrier signal generating systems require broadband internet to work and each system will only work for a single carrier such as AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon or Sprint but not for all at once.