How To Kill a Dead Zone

Sam Schechner for Slate writes about a reception-boosting device called a cellular repeater.

"The name explains the simple concept: A large outdoor antenna tunes into the strongest cellular signal available and repeats it on a smaller antenna wired inside. Voila, you've got five bars.

Cellular repeaters are mostly used by businesses that want to boost signal strength inside big office buildings. But now some of these devices are being targeted specifically to the home market, like JDTECK (picture left), which just became an approved T-Mobile vendor."

emily | 10:34 AM | Technology |
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