Boostbox

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I see I can purchase an O2 Boostbox from various places. Do I need to be on an O2 business account to be able to use it ??

Thanks

[adamtemp64]

business user or authorised consumer but o2 have to set it up for you in your location

[MI5]

I can never figure out why these go on sale outside of o2 as they are pretty useless without network approval and setup.

[Cleoriff]

Just a query here...Are these boostboxes still illegal to use without network approval?

[MI5]

You can't use the O2 ones without approval from O2 as they have to whitelist the phone numbers to enable them to connect.
All other dodgy "boost boxes" sold on ebay etc are very definitely illegal.

[gmarkj]

Strange as (as far as I know) my personal number has not been provided but I can connect to the work one...

[adamtemp64]

Depending on the instalation @gmarkj o2 can make the box open to all numbers but the base station has to be in a known location so o2 can remotley control it (turn off etc) so has to be on a static ip address etc changing to another location on a non static ip address or ip range  would prevent the box even connecting to the o2 network (from memory)

[adamtemp64]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

Just a query here...Are these boostboxes still illegal to use without network approval?

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https://www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-telecoms-and-internet/coverage/mobile-repeaters confirms the current legal position

[madasaf1sh]

@adamtemp64 that is correct, when provided to enterprise customers, the customer registers the external IP (Internet facing) of the box, which is then on the ACL at o2. Any change to the IP address has to agreed by o2.