Help! New member here looking to solve long running technical question/problem. I live 300 yards from a cell phone tower. Currently have AT&T service and have poor reception in my yard and worse inside my home (built in 1960s with plaster and electric ceiling cable heat, i.e. lots of metal in the walls). Does not matter what carrier (we have had Sprint, Verizon, Nextel and now AT&T), the reception in the yard is poor. AT&T's coverage map shows the reception improving mid-way through my backyard (side away from cell phone tower) and, guess what? The reception IS better in my backyard. Our neighborhood is on a big hill/small mountain. My house is slightly down the hill from the cell phone tower.
Santa brought me a zBoost YX510-PCS-CEL and I have been locating it all around the house and have found a most curious thing - the unit's flashing lights indicate we are receiving signals too strong for proper operation. What the heck?! Too strong?
Here are my questions to the technically savvy. Is poor reception near a cell phone tower a fact of life? If so, what makes it poor? Second question: Why would I be getting a too strong indication when historically my cell phone has always shown a one or two bar indication?
Would love to know what is going on with this close proximity to tower issue.
Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
Bill in NC
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