Tech Question regarding boosting signal and rural area/extended net

PHIADA2

I have just moved to a rural area in the mountains.  Map wise I am in 4G LTE country for Verizon.  Using Open Signal I get 4G service upto approximately a 1/4 mile from my home (top of my driveway).  Then I switch to an extended network (third party tower that I can actually physically see from my home).  My data switches to 3G and of course phone says extended network.

Result is I do not get 4G service in my home.  In addition my phone, a Note 8, is the only smartphone in family of 4 that gets 3G.

Checking my signal strength I am getting -62DBA from the local tower.  I do not know what strength I may get from the Verizon tower.

Questions

1.  Is there a way to isolate that tower and see my strength from it at home?

2. Can I use an antenna and amplifier to boost the signal from the LTE tower or will I be stuck hooking up to the nearer third party tower?

3. Should I use a directional or omni-directional antenna?  

Thank you

Verizon_Support

PHIADA2, I hope that you love the new home in the mountains. We want to make sure that you have nothing but stellar service at the new address. We can't isolate the tower that is communicating to your wireless device. We do have Network Extenders https://www.verizonwireless.com/support/4g-lte-network-extender-faqs/ that would help with boosting the cell phone service inside the home. It would require high-speed internet. Do you have Wi-Fi at the new home address?

 

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