Having read many threads both here and elsewhere on the net I am now thoroughly confused.
I have 4 different phones on the network being iPhone 4, iPhone 3 a Galaxy S4 and a Galaxy S4 mini. All have roughly the same signal strength.
On the O2 site I should have good reception. I am in between two mast both less than a mile away. The problem is that my house is in a bit of a dip and there is a large copse trees between me and one of the masts.
As I sit at the moment in my house my signal strength on the iPhone 4S is at -107. This goes between around -95 and -111 usually if I move about the house.
If I go out to the street it goes between about -90 to -105.
As I understand it -40 is a "perfect" strength with -70 being very acceptable. Anything approaching -100 as being bad with calls etc liable to drop up to -120 which is basically no signal.
These signal strengths are basically causing all the phones to be very unreliable/virtually useless in the house.
I see two solutions to the problems
1. Get a signal booster set up
2. Get a femtocell
3. Use Tugo
There are problems with the solutions which I am getting confused with
Solution 1. The systems seem to be very expensive. Probably around £700 at least. Also there are many different opinions which ones are good/bad and whether they are indeed legal/illegal.
Solution 2. I am not a business user and only a personal user and it isn't available for me.
Solution 3. Seems really buggy and not worth toffee.
I appreciate this topic mat gave been asked to death but I can find no definite/up to date information.
