Signal Booster UK use

DavidHNYC

Hi

Apologies about all the questions but the UK seems to be a maze when it comes to cell boosters and I need some advice please. I will be using my own number and roaming when in the UK for a small extra charge as part of my package where I have to move for 6 months June till October.

I already have a booster at my US home but I have researched and it looks like my Verizon booster will not work/be legal in the UK, The area is rural and there is terrible signal outdoors and none indoors , the landlord has said I can put a booster in place (at my cost) or use wifi calling. I need my cell number working and have found a company I think is reliable to be the mobile booster installer in the UK, and seems reasonable at $2400 supply and fit,

Q if anyone has anyone better of anything I should make sure is included / permits I need to ask for before purchasing from them please let me know.

The system main expense they tell me is a "HUAPTEC" amplifier, it covers a wide range of frequencies, which they say might work in US but is made for EU/UK and the I can take it with me when I come back home and just buy the cheap cables here for my mums house, for her to use-

Q. Does any one know if this particular signal booster will work with Verizon for my mum in her place when I come home ? It has all the frequencies similar around the world but the UK company does not know for sure if it would work.

Last and very sorry for all the questions, but I spoke to the installers and they can install another brand Cel-fi which they say is definitely used across the US but they do not know if it will work if I take it back, as its set up for the UK . It's another $500 extra, They did not have a page link about the Cel-fi and just sent me a data sheet for a Cel-fi G41 ?

Q. Should I pay the extra $500 and get Cel-fi and would it work when home?

I was there for a week last month and nearly went mad as mum never uses wifi calling and could not get me on the cell , I was outside in the rain trying to get cell coverage...thank you!

and again apologies....really confused here

SynthpopAddict

If you already have a working signal booster for your home here in the US, then you don't really need to take the UK booster back to the US when you return, or am I really missing something? The question would be more if the booster will work with your mother's cellular service provider, since you said you wanted to leave the UK booster with her later. If you are making international calls through Verizon, the call eventually gets routed to the other person's provider. Verizon isn't running things on the other person's line.

[edit] When you are overseas, your phone will be connected to whatever local provider's network is around which Verizon has an interconnection agreement with. Even though Verizon will be billing you for international usage, any overseas use via your Verizon number is running through a local carrier. So any signal booster you choose needs to be compatible with whatever local carrier your phone runs through.

If your Verizon phone is unlocked, what about buying local service while in the UK? This would be more cost effective than using Verizon's international service plans and could possibly get around the weak signal issues there.