I Hate This... New House Cel-Fi Cell Signal Booster Install

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My new house has a fatal flaw - the cell reception. Once you're inside the house, you basically can't even make a phone call! Today, we fix that with the help of Waveform.com and the Cel-Fi Quatra 2000 cell repeater system.
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0:00 Intro

[@LinusTechTips]

If you're interested in learning more about Waveform, check out their website at lmg.gg/waveform. Use Discount Code LINUS for 5% off your order!

[@Maywek]

ok give me a hug first

[@PencilNavigator]

can we all take some time and appreciate how good ltt videos are?

[@seanbrockest3888]

You're definitely getting a referral credit from me!

[@thevirenhooda]

Use vowifi

[@adibafiq6945]

Hey linus this is JOHN CENA!!!!

[@rudeboyjohn3483]

It's so weird, and probably telling, that I get so much satisfaction from seeing a company ACTUALLY provide service. Like, man, how do you get so lucky

[@JakeLoeppky]

By telling them you'll tell 14mil people about them... Lol

[@Airbag888]

You're seeing the result of a lot of failed calls here. It's call it perseverance rather than luck 😀

[@MickSkitz]

@@Airbag888 I wonder if some of those companies dodge this to avoid bad publicity of their products not working as intended

[@nakko6624]

They even have branded cookies lol

[@bobguy6542]

They were probably given someone's cell phone number

[@ncasale79]

I worked at the iCloud server build for Apple in North Carolina and they put something like this in that building. Without it, cell service did not exist.

[@clancarmichael]

So did I. Lol Maiden?

[@Vladut9091]

@@themisir nope

[@robotman011]

Cool

[@ncasale79]

@@clancarmichael haha yeah man. I worked for Siemens. We had the hvac system in that building. at the time they were doing the first of what was to be mirrored redundant buildings.

[@clancarmichael]

@Nick Casale oh cool. I was break/fix, roaming around the servers. Fun place to work. Security was bonkers.

[@JDumbroski]

It would be great if you could give a summary of the tech upgrades you would recommend in homes. Most smart-home tech can get complex once you add a lot of brands and some tech is gimmicky. Seeing what you may do for average consumers would help.

[@AthanImmortal]

Just to say someone asked this on the Wan Show podcast (from the 4th of feb 2022 I think), and Linus' response was "Honestly, if you don't know you need it, then you don't need it." With that said, I think a round up of what *he* did and why would make a great video and might inspire others.

[@Ravix0fFourHorn]

if he does that a lot of promotional "doors" might close, especially from the gimmicky stuff. Thats probably why he is going to give a non-answer about it.

[@JDumbroski]

@@AthanImmortal That’s a reasonable response, but for many people we might not even know what’s out there and reputable. Linus plans his smarthome tech in the perspective of a professional for his use case. Linus upgrades with “needs” in mind while many consumers could benefit smart tech that’s not task-essential, but can improve daily tasks/home inconveniences.

[@soccerguy2433]

smart home tech and IoT is so immature and segmented that it's not worth adopting, IMO

[@BradenJohnYoung]

YES

[@avroarchitect1793]

Linus has turned his tech channel into a home improvement channel. I'm ok with this

[@SirFrag32]

A *tech* home improvement channel, lol.

[@kylewitter2806]

Especially since I might be buying my first home within a couple months

[@va1entin]

@@kylewitter2806hopefully that all went well congratulations

[@caboose2016]

Using a cell booster system with a MSRP of 20K USD

[@avroarchitect1793]

@@caboose2016 yes and? He's wealthy. And in the expensive part of BC.

[@Christian_Luczejko]

Imagine being a realtor trying to explain the additions to this house to a potential buyer if Linus decided to sell the house. "Why are there outlets 8feet up the wall in each of the 4 corners in the living room?" "Oh that's in case you wanted to install base stations for a VR headset" "Okay and what does this one of twenty electronic wall panels do?" "Oh that one lets you know if your shark fin is pointed in the right direction".

[@sqlevolicious]

TBF, the way VR is going, a lot of people are looking for homes that have a room that can dedicated to VR. I even have a friend that built his house last year that built a dedicated VR room as well.

[@ChrisElm]

@@sqlevolicious I would fucking love a VR room. Just a big empty space and no furniture to walk into

[@ThylineTheGay]

@Jeffry Chen why? A good house can last centuries if designed well

[@ATBZ]

@@ChrisElm my ideal vr room is one of those paddes cells they throw insane people in

[@ChrisElm]

@@ATBZ that's just my ideal room in general

[@dawidszyszko]

It is funny to see you guys mentioning concrete as something uncommon. In Europe we don’t have dry walls - our homes are just bricks and concrete so Wi-Fi range is terrible and adding cabling is a nightmare :).

[@PotatoRankEX]

Yuppp.

[@thiccbaron]

Don't they have VoltE so you can receive calls via wifi?

[@dawidszyszko]

@@thiccbaron cellular is usually not a problem for me but routers are having trouble going concrete walls with metal rods inside them. Load bearing walls are like that here. Rest of walls is build with a kind of bricks and Wi-Fi does not have a problem there.

[@JJFlores197]

@@thiccbaron He mentions that it depends on the carrier and phone. I don't know about Canadian cell providers, but AT&T in the US has wifi calling, but only for phones that you purchase from them, iPhones, or phones specifically whitelisted for wifi calling. I have a OnePlus 9 pro. If I move over to AT&T, I can't use wifi calling because AT&T doesn't allow it even though the phone itself supports wifi calling. Its a mess.

[@freelancer42]

Actually we have a lot of wooden houses and drywall here in Sweden. We have brick and concrete houses too of course, especially apartment and public buiildings.

[@ebsolas]

Waveform is awesome. We ended up switching our ISP from the local monopoly to Tmobile and... well we had service issues. Ended up finding Waveform and getting an antenna to hook up directly into the Tmobile provided 5g router. Never actually called their customer service, but from their packing materials I was impressed by their level of care shown in their instructions and online resources.

[@matthewd9356]

I've been curious about doing a cell booster at my house but in our case the cell signal is just bad period because we're in a hilly, forested area.

[@ShieldLover22]

did you get a cookie?? I also switched from my very shitty local isp to Tmobile! Will never regret paying $10 less for over x8 DL and x70 UP

[@TheCobruhAlienat0r]

@@matthewd9356 I have a cell booster from Verizon and it doesn't require an outside antenna, it just has a small GPS antenna that you sit near a window and you connect it to an open ethernet port on your router and it boost the signal via your internet connection, I believe the GPS signal thing is just so that emergency services can get a location from your call when your phone is connected to the booster.

[@JohnAdams-qc2ju]

Certain cases it might be better then a physical line isp (either small cable or dsl providers using docsis 2.0 or whatever the old dsl versions are) if their network is so slow and always going down. Downside is most are capped at 5GB a month and is basically $50 per additional 5GB block. Therefore, businesses who need it with limited bandwidth use it is ideal. However, for home use or biz using a lot of data traffic use cell as a WAN2 backup only with heavy filtering/shaping to only get must need items have internet when WAN1 is down. End of the day I dislike your comment since it isn't a viaable option for home use unless you dont use much data or can spends hundreds a month on data. - Network Engineer who specializes in every type of WAN connection possible and LAN side for getting businesses up and running. Ideally if you can't get good internet the best best option is a WISP setup you make yourself (see if there is fiber to any house/biz around a few miles with line of sight where you can see if they will allow you to get a separate fiber line (or cable or to share their line but note isps might see this as reselling it so do it at your own risk) put in and host the ISP Box (and power) and a dish (and power) and point it to your house/biz dish and you can get decent internet. Often times the power for the isp box and dish isn't much but offer the host site like $50/month for the power and hosting the box+dish. Of course a friend or family house is better since most wouldn't care of the $10/m for the power and you can have that circuit in your name and pay for it. Besides the normal circuit cost plus (free to $50/m to allow another house/biz to do this) it is an ideal way of getting decent speed and not a crap data cap. The parts is like 2x ubnt dishes, some cabling, ant mounts 2x) could be done as low as $300 for 50-100mbps link to $1500 for better dishes. Of course if you don't need much of a data cap then cell is easier and cheaper and doesn't have to make a 1-3year contract with a host site and ensure they provide you access if you need to trouble shoot the equipment - but if you have nice neighbors and small local biz around then normally isn't too bad. I could go on forever and use cases, etc but you'd have to hire me for my time.

[@aleksbiteman5324]

@@JohnAdams-qc2ju Tmobile Home Internet works great for me in a rural area, I regularly use 1TB/month of data with no throttling and get speeds of 50/down at minimum. All for $50/mo with no equipment charges.

[@PajakTheBlind]

Here in Europe we make buildings out of concrete and bricks. This is the first time I've heard of cellular coverage issues in a building not in the wilderness for over 15 years. Still, this was quite an informative video.

[@johnbuscher]

It depends on the bands, frequencies have different penetration properties so some cell frequencies will be fine through concrete, but some will be blocked and usually it’s the long-range frequencies that are blocked.

[@tooplanx]

In the UK most residential buildings are make with brick.

[@davidklein1245]

I big part of that is the density of cell towers around here. Unless you are right in dense population areas you can have some relatively dicey cell coverage - mainly because of NIMBY folks that don't want a tower anywhere nearby. So even though the tower density may be 'enough' when outside, the signal is low enough (or has enough noise) that it doesn't take much to make it unusable. If you look at the Greater Vancouver area on a tower map, you'll notice that Surrey (where LMG is) has many voids.

[@_Fug]

Now compare your country size to the us

[@ApusApus]

Europe, residential area in a capital city, wooden house. 4G is mostly servicible untill the phone for some reason decides 3G is better, and then goes to carp. 3G coverage is so bad that it immediately drops down to 2G or entirely and just stays there untill a restart (or airplane mode on/off). After reconnecting, 4G works fine.

[@MrNicoJac]

Hahaha, the Waveform folks are probably fans of LTT. What an amazing way to advertise the quality of your company and product 👍🏼

[@dertythegrower]

That is how to properly advertise.. its called native advertising.. celebrities are usually not very good at that, like loganpaul and mayweather for example..

[@dertythegrower]

and yes, if i had ten million for advertisers, like a kartrashian or apple, any person gets popular when you spend 8 figures for your event to get noticed

[@MsSgent]

And a LOT of IT or IT adjacent people watch (or are aware of LTT). When they need to spec this for an office building or hospital in 6 months...

[@RDR911]

Kinda a shame LTT didn’t disclose that they sponsored this video as well as seesonic, but Linus has been getting scummier and scummier lately, so I shouldn’t be surprised.

[@Ayane13b]

the way jake heckles you, as if he was you son, is just fantastic. I love you and jake being in more videos together with this series. Reminds me just of myself and my dad. Love it.

[@tudalex]

The only remaining question is when Linus will adopt Jake

[@Ayane13b]

@@tudalex Lol. Its no longer IF, its WHEN. I love it.

[@TheJw1191]

It seems like Jake's already moving in haha

[@ES315]

This series might be about Linus' house, but imo Jake is the star.

[@probablemisclick]

For those of us that actually own homes, I love content like this. You get to keep making headway on your living space and monetize it to pay your peeps, and I get something to watch while I'm working that's actually interesting.

[@viciokas1993]

@@RandomUser2401 How would people figure it out unless they literally followed him home IRL? The OPSec is just doing due diligence to make sure some idiots from across the world don't start SWATting his house (or whatever the Canadian equivalent of SWAT is).

[@SivaKanthSharma]

@@viciokas1993 doxxers can figure out a lot about their target from collecting and correlating a number of seemingly innocuous statements, which add up.

[@Carterthielftw_]

@@RandomUser2401 its really not that bad, nothing of any importance is blurred, and its only for 3 mins of the video

[@samruba7441]

@@RandomUser2401 That seems like a you problem

[@TroublesomeOwl]

@@RandomUser2401 I felt i lost nothing from the security steps taken. But i also don't see a problem with leaving feedback about things that bug you.

[@Respectable_Username]

Huge props to whoever did the editing of this one for doing such a good job on the blurring! Must have been tricky/tedious considering things moving around the shot

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

Yeah that was a lot blurring/pixelation.

[@humy20]

I wonder how long till somebody found the house. You cant keep that secret too long

[@lifeinhd4053]

@@humy20 Someone already has. When he first revealed it, he did not show the exterior at all. Then he was answering some superchats regarding it and someone commented that the roof looked like it needed replacing and he said "oh yeah it definitely does" not even realizing that meant someone had already found it, heh.

[@bradendude1414]

I actually have been looking into doing something like this for both my house and my dad's business, so I'm really happy to see that you did a video on it. I'll definitely be checking them out soon, and seeing if I can finally resolve their cell phone issues!

[@Moist_Accident]

You may want to be sure this will be the solution. If your service outside of the house is terrible, this won't solve the issue.

[@bourne_]

@@Moist_Accident It can still be somewhat better because the antenna at the top spot of the house (at least it should be).

[@jairtzinio]

Depending on the cellphone service provider you have they can provide you with what's referred to as a cellspot which just uses your internet and generates a 4g lte signal. Sprint used to have one that they would give to businesses to help with this as well. If it weren't for the cellspot i have there is absolutely no way I'd have any service at home.

[@Moist_Accident]

@@bourne_ a directional antenna with a slight elevation will only do so much. And even then, this solution requires that antenna to have a pretty clear reception. Climb a tree. Use a ladder. But if you are getting less than than optimal reception, expect that. This isn't adding a node. This is a repeater catching numerous signals that are absolute chonkers on the spectrum.

[@dylanevans5644]

@@Moist_Accident A correctly placed directional antenna is significantly better than the tiny ones you hold in your hand. I use both directional and omnidirectional antennas to improve hotspot WiFi at work and they can improve a barely connecting 1 bar signal to a stable signal with good speeds. It is obviously situation dependent, but it is incorrect to suggest a poor signal on a phone cannot be dramatically improved with an antenna that's 100x the size and focussed on a specific area.

[@HiresMerc]

Waveform has the absolute best customer service! I have never received better from any business in any industry. I installed their Celfi X and they walked me through all issues. I strongly recommend them if you’re looking for a cell boosting solution. I’m super rural and they recommend the perfect system after we did a bunch of testing. Can’t say enough good things.

[@MarcusC92]

That's awesome!

[@shikyokira3065]

its good to see linus showing us what new tech they are installing and how good the service the company provide

[@LetsPlayBojangles]

That feeling when working as a tech for a cell company people would just complain about bad indoor signal. If only every customer was like Linus and dropped 3K and a dozen hours on an extensive repeater setup and wire running. What chumps.

[@megaangelic]

A decade ago I lived somewhere with poor 3G signal, due to the heating & insulation in my house, like Linus. My provider just sent me a super simple device to plug into my router, which gave me perfect 3G signal, but via the broadband connection. Seems a much easier solution than repeating the signal, took a total of 20 seconds to install. Perhaps Linus' provider doesnt do them.

[@Amorousstake4]

Get some repeaters for entire locality with funding instead

[@pileofstuff]

At least they didn't use the cheapest booster they could find on Amazon. Those cause no end of problems.

[@zahedchowdhury0]

@@megaangelic many providers have stopped doing these now.

[@DouglasWalrath]

@@megaangelic these stopped because of security issues, people could sniff the traffic that was going over the network and since any phone nearby would connect to them malicious people could mine a lot of data

[@lilmanluu]

Jake is quickly becoming the main reason I watch the vlog-style LTT videos

[@s--b]

It's just like impressive how much he knows about everything lol

[@frenchpressme]

Quote: "Linus is the reason I have trust issues."

[@unostopcardxd7199]

@@s--b even more impressive that Jake was hired when he was still in high school according to what Linus said during one of their livestreams.

[@YKSGuy]

Most of the time he serves as a good stand in for my inner voice wanting to tell Linus he is wrong in the middle of a video.

[@s--b]

@@djhokage1 you should try not being a buzzkill

[@Thegreatequalizer]

With the increase in Linus based DIY, I'm going to enjoy the inevitable "Linus Medical Equipment Tips" episodes.

[@hcol47]

Settle down. They aren't in the US.

[@noodlelynoodle.]

Linus insurance fraud tips

[@DavidMorseMusic]

DIY colonoscopy guide when?!

[@bluebird3670]

I gotta tell my dad to work with this company in his next house, he’s a general contractor (construction) and he does a lot of sourcing with companies. He’d definitely like this cause he’s talked about alot of houses he’s built not having good cell coverage because here in florida all the houses are fully concrete due to the amount of hurricanes and tropical storms we have.

[@l0gic23]

Has he put it in a house yet?

[@darincarvalho]

Not sure if anyone's said this before, but you can use NetMonster or OpenSignal to find the closest tower, and the latter has a compass feature if I'm not wrong. Hope this helps!

[@Tobias611]

Closest tower doesn't necessarily mean best signal, direct line of sight beats distance. So you definitely want to take that into consideration as well, and if none are in direct los you go with whichever has the least stuff in the way...

[@Samuel.55]

Does open signal work based of recorded data or the phone calculating the distance, if it’s the latter then it would make sense to follow the phone as it takes obstacles into account when determining where the best signal strength comes from.

[@JohlBrown]

@@Samuel.55 recorded data, I used it a few months ago. It gets cell IDs from a database and points in the direction of whichever you're connected to based on GPS/ID

[@mrlockermanmy]

I prefer CellMapper (although in some areas it has less data compared to opensignal). You can actually contribute to its map (web/app) by contributing points & locate it to its correct location in its map OpenSignal does not associate indiviual sectors (cell id) with a gNB (5G)/eNB (LTE)/NB (3G) like CellMapper btw... basically for example there could be actually only one or two towers around that area whereas OpenSignal claims to have several towers in its map Also if you guys decided want to map cellular tower & coverage using CellMapper (only Android atm), please consider supporting them for 3 CAD/month (via PayPal)... yes, CellMapper is Canadian-owned & the onwer is living in Vancouver, same as Linus

[@yuGtahT]

I love the chemistry between Linus and Jake. Whenever these two are together, those are my favorite videos.

[@TheMightyZwom]

Yeah, right? They act more like brothers or close friends (helping each other but also messing with each other constantly) than like a boss and his employee :D

[@paulthompson6579]

Linus you should do a Likes and Views count of Jake and Anthony videos. Im betting they are the highest two employees along with your self

[@jonathaneriksson9273]

@@paulthompson6579 It's also that they are they most knowledgeable employees. Some of the other employees like Alex convince Linus to spend hundred of thousand of dollars on equipment that he thinks he can use after watching KZbin videos of others, this is why they are always shit and he's never made anything successful in over 30 videos. I honestly don't know how he's still and some of the other engineer student dropouts...

[@allanshpeley4284]

I get the sense that Jake is related to Linus or somehow close to the family. Linus definitely treats Jake differently than the other employees and Jake has a bit of an "I'll say and do what I want" attitude, like he's unfirable. There are other other staff that are far more competent - take Anthony for example - who Linus treats less like a friend and more like an employee.

[@TheMightyZwom]

@@allanshpeley4284 Well, if I remember correctly they did share a house/flat at some point? I think they just go waaay back and are maybe friends since childhood. That would explain their behaviour well.

[@kastorcaster]

Every one of these videos makes me wish for a Linus and Jake buddy cop show. I love the dynamic you guys have.

[@jasonnemeck7351]

I'd have fired Jake years ago. At least, never put him on camera ever again.

[@natalie5947]

They have the same dynamic as Linus and Luke, it's a really good one. Same reason I like watching the WAN show.

[@timbermonson]

@@jasonnemeck7351 why?

[@HoloScope]

@@jasonnemeck7351 Jake is cool tho 😎

[@nordern1]

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[@360ModsandHacks]

Linus, you need to make these videos longer. I know your entire subscriber base watches your videos all the way through. We need more content on videos like these.

[@kusucks991]

Yeah, it felt like we were about half way through the project when the video ended. I literally felt confused for a moment.

[@carlkolthoff5402]

This is great! Just came here to tell you there are now also windows built with radio transparent insulated glass, which is probably a great idea if you're in the planning stages of building a new home. If your house is already built and the windows are in good condition, a repeater solution like this is of course the preferable choice.

[@TroublesomeOwl]

Huh, what a cool concept

[@carlkolthoff5402]

@@TroublesomeOwl Yeah, I agree! Not sure if it's available on the consumer market yet. But the company I work for did install 18 of them for a client last year for testing and evaluation purposes. (Disclaimer: We're not really in the window selling business, so this is not a marketing plug or anything like that).

[@37racso]

Windows don’t usually account for the majority of signal loss - concrete walls and ceilings, multiple floors, really bad geographical location do and sadly there is very little that can be done outside of moving to a different place really. Cell boosters help, but happen to be illegal in many places unfortunately

[@carlkolthoff5402]

@@37racso while all those factors you mention definitely makes a huge impact, I'd say it's also a matter of house design trends. At least where I live, it's very popular to build new houses with huge windows, like floor to ceiling, wall to wall-sized windows. Not in every room obviously, but second floor living rooms and such. And they're usually triple glazed and equipped with some sort of thin metal film to reflect UV light. Unfortunately they also reflect radio waves pretty well, so in those houses I'd say it could make a big difference for usable signal or no signal. But in the end it will of course be up to the architect and contractor to look in to the specifics of each individual building and location.

[@37racso]

@@carlkolthoff5402 Oh I mean if we're talking super modern housing with glass doors and windows and sometimes even walls then I'm sure that starts to matter a lot more. I meant more in terms of the traditional houses with relatively small window to wall surface area ratio. In the instances you described I'm sure it makes a bigger difference

[@jajssblue]

Linus, can Jake just be your personal assistant so that he's always around you and in every video? The odd couple energy you guys have is fantastic.

[@CHEF-yh4cx]

@@wobbled5609 hes really smart and knowledgeable but yeah i generally agree

[@flopana5762]

Jake is Linus' work husband.

[@MarcSherwood]

I vote for Linus and Jake to trick out a tiny home and life in it for a month together.

[@kuchikirukia2464]

Yup. Jake doesn't compliment Linus' scripted presentations. Linus has top-tier talent and Jake can't keep up. But Linus' normal personality is more subdued and more indecisive than his scripted one, and Jake compliments him there by keeping things moving forward while being pretty subdued himself.

[@CoolJZero1]

@@flopana5762 last time I checked aren't they brothers

[@deef0]

Jake & Linus is great entertainment. Craving for more of this duo.

[@georgedicu7397]

Agree!!!

[@runeseeker993]

Just need jake and yvonne house collab vids, cause linus is no longer really a voice in that house it seems, and linus was worried about dennis

[@Platinum_Squid]

I would watch that HGTV show

[@Celsian]

This is probably the most useful LTT video this year for IT people. The number of times I've heard complaints from people who can't use their cellular phone in a new age building is extremely high.

[@lolimrob]

Growing up we had Sprint in a SUPER RURAL AREA. Literally 200 Kbps.. 0-1 bars at all times. I swear I always was so interested in repeaters because of that. love the vid!

[@tonyjohansson8395]

I installed a simular solution a year ago or so in the middle of nowhere. Before the install customer had mostly no reception and barely being able to make a phone call when standing close to window. After install he had 140-150mbit down and up over 4G. Outside you could get maybe a 100mbit and on the roof you got 150mbit. Customer was finally able to take orders via phone and their payment terminals worked.

[@WarBringerLT]

@@adoksym Why?

[@TheMightyZwom]

@@adoksym But I've noticed that I have good cell reception inside elevators in Germany. Elevators are metal boxes, basically; so I always assumed they have cell repeaters (e.g. for emergencies). Do they have a special permit for that?

[@tonyjohansson8395]

@@Bratfalken Funny thing. There was no phone line ever to this building. Most homes that are close have fiber. The building I did the install on were storage for boats up until a few years ago. I would agree that Telia sucks ass for cutting phone lines to most homes without having installed fiber to replace it.

[@tonyjohansson8395]

@@adoksym I live in Sweden and its basicly the same. If you wanna install a repeater you have to go through special goverment channels to get permits. Dealing with goverment employees is always a pain. There are however some exceptions. Most exceptions are based on installation in private homes in rural areas.

[@ParksandRec314]

Keep the house updates coming, I am currently renovating a house and I like to see what other people are doing (not just the technology)

[@nunyabiness181]

My cell service at home was downright nonexistent, then one day I started getting 3/5 signal bars and decent data speeds, but only really close to home. As I drove away from home, the service quickly faded until I got closer to town and regained signal Found out later that my neighbor had installed one of these doodads. Thanks, Paul!

[@MetalMan1245]

Linus's house has so much stuff in it that solves problems I would just deal with and think nothing of, it's great.

[@levelup1279]

Like running upstairs to get a better signal on calls or going to one side of the bed to get better wifi. Ah problems, their so much fund to deal with.

[@tyrannicpuppy]

I did the cellular install on one of the skyscrapers in Melbourne about a decade ago and it was one of the coolest jobs I ever did. The backbone coax cable was really stiff and chonky af, about 5 cm diameter with a hollow inner copper conductor that was SOOOOOO easy to kink and ruin a run of a hundred metres while trying to make a bend. Had one of my favourite days on the job ever though. The cable drums were massive, about two thirds of my height. And being an under construction skyscraper, the only way between floors with them was the alimak. The floor I had to move the drums from was only serviced by a single of the four alimaks and was halfway up the building, so every time it went past in either direction it was too full to get on. Spent half a day waiting for a ride up two floors.

[@hoihallo2904]

This makes me glad that I live in the Netherlands. Although most houses are brick and mortar, the country is so densely populated and small that cell and wifi coverage is nearly 100%. And the ISP I have actually deliverers the promised speeds on cable. So that's a plus too. I do have a mesh network for the best wifi coverage on all floors of my house.

[@snuke2703]

You also don't have things like terrain and stuff

[@hoihallo2904]

@@snuke2703 True, it's almost completely flat here. Almost no obstructions.

[@ApusApus]

*Chougsumerprotectinschough*

[@Timi7007]

Linus: Complains about actual floors and buys a cell repeater. Me, living in Germany: Yeah, even those are illegal here :(

[@MethmalDhananjaya]

wait what? but why?

[@kdmion]

As a person that lives in Europe as well, and everything is bricks and concrete, how the flippedy fuck do I get full bars on the ground floor of our building.

[@fakuri913]

@@kdmion American cellular tower isn't design for concrete

[@ThadMiller1]

@@MethmalDhananjaya You need a licence, but you dont get one. ^^

[@kuchenmustermann6191]

@@MethmalDhananjaya apperently it's not outright illegal, but you can be fined if because of your cell repeaters for example your neighbors have worse cell reception i.e. your cell repeater interferes with the main cellular network.

[@flaagan]

Watching this vid with interest. We used to have the internet-based signal boosters at our place, but AT&T discontinued them after it was discovered that it messed with their DSL service (to the point that it took down a whole region repeatedly). We tried adding some Amazon-bought boosters, which kind of worked, til AT&T had a service rep stop by with an angry letter saying our boosters were negatively affecting reception in the entire area. We tried a booster that the rep said AT&T signed off on, and it mostly works, but doesn't reach the full length of half our house. I haven't tried it in recent times, but the WiFi calling features sucked when they originally came out cause the phone would switch mid-call to any even sliiightly decent cell signal, then drop the call as soon as the cell signal crapped out.

[@krophiquon]

my phone now has a setting in the wi-fi calling options to "prefer wi-fi" so it doesnt' jump to cell connections if it detects one.

[@girlsdrinkfeck]

@@krophiquon i was confused why linus just dont use wifi calling its been out for a LOOOONG time

[@girlsdrinkfeck]

@gürkan mehmetoglou I'm in UK

[@chrisgraham6031]

@@girlsdrinkfeck Mentions it at the 2 minute mark

[@girlsdrinkfeck]

@@chrisgraham6031 so why not use it

[@bearxor]

15 years ago I was working as an engineer designing equipment that would be located in the middle of nowhere and we needed data transmitted back to us via cellular. Finding the right equipment back then was a huge PITA but we finally got it sorted out. We were lucky in that we were using a cellular modem where I could wire the antenna directly to the modem and not have to rebroadcast the signal.

[@johngy6296]

I’ve used a number of Cel-Fi units over the years and they’re great. Some useful tips: They have repeater units which connect wirelessly to the primary/network unit, though they’re much happier connected via network cables as it doesn’t take a lot in between to significantly lower the signal between the units, which tends to significantly lower the reach of the repeaters. Of those I’ve used, the primary/network unit also acts as repeater so you won’t also require a repeater in the location it’s installed to. Try to install the network and repeater units as far away from the outdoor antenna as possible, as although the coax length can cause losses, having them too close to the outdoor antenna can create a feedback loop giving all sorts of buggy issues, especially if your main antenna signal is already very low. I also set up my primary/network unit (and repeaters if they separately powered) on a mains power timer (just a cheaper rotary timer is fine), so the system automatically powers down daily so it can resync everything.

[@minskwatcher]

But why not something as simple as wifi calling?

[@jmacd8817]

@@minskwatcher because many phones aren’t capable of WiFi calling.

[@DooMMasteR]

@@jmacd8817 What phone, that has LTE access, has no WiFi calling in 2023? Hell my Oneplus 3 had it, back in 2016.

[@HoloScope]

@@DooMMasteR my phone has wifi calling but my 5g home internet does not support wifi calling

[@cmslick3]

Hey I've installed dozens of these Cel-Fi units. They are a top notch vendor and this stuff just works. We've installed them where signal outside was almost nothing and it managed to pull in plenty usable signal, with the right donor antenna, and phones inside the building just started dinging with missed messages and calls. Cel-Fi just WORKS!

[@madelineariah]

As someone who owns a Cel-Fi unit, I can probably explain a few things. 1) The reason your uplink was so high is because it is much, much easier for your phone to push your data back through the Cel-Fi system than it is to receive it given the distances involved (a few miles to the tower, a few feet from your phone). When I used mine with T-Mobile, there were many times where my upload was consistently higher than my download. The second thing: dialing in the frequencies used in your area is essential. These systems can lock in on two or three frequencies at a time, but they will waste tons of time scanning all possible frequencies to find the right ones, and if the signal cuts out for any reason, it will start over. When I set up the Cel-Fi Wave app, I originally locked it to one signal only (735MHz I believe), and it worked flawlessly all last year. It only stopped working because T-Mobile then changed the frequency at the tower to 1980MHz, meaning I have to take the antenna from inside the attic and move it outside (lower frequencies can penetrate buildings, and where I live gets lots of snow, so at the time, keeping it inside was the better solution).

[@destiny_02]

Even without any repeater, my upload speeds are twice as much as download speeds

[@Airbag888]

I have a cel fi locked to 1 provider.. Now I changed and wish I could unlock it. If there's a way please let me know 🙏

[@MarcusC92]

@@Airbag888 you should be able to change the carrier using the WAVE app. Maybe reach out to the team at Waveform.

[@tedjohansen1634]

No.. the backhaul is saturated with downloads, not uploads. There is almost always easier to get high upload speeds vs download.

[@tmillerau]

You are totally incorrect... Ted explained the upload vs download discrepancy... it's a congested tower... ie too many people trying to connect at once

[@Norweeg]

I figured this was going to be a Cel-Fi video. I’m glad I was right. I installed one at my old work and it worked extremely well compared to other options.

[@martinpokorny6055]

When thinking about cellular signal repeaters also make sure they are not against the law. In my country, if you install one without ,not that easy to obtain, permission from the authorities, you are just waiting for hefty fine. Eventhough you would install it on your property for example.

[@CHiTO316]

Any cell repeater that provides less than 70dB of gain is legal in the US. Now for the Cel-Fi equipment they purchased, only a certified installer can purchase it. Since Linus is certified CAT installer they were able to sell it to him

[@404-Error-Not-Found]

The purpose is to limit interference. It would be incredibly annoying for your neighbors if their cellphone's stopped working because they use a different carrier and you set something up for your building incorrectly that creates interference. The FCC and other government organizations take commercial interference very seriously.

[@LeonSplittime]

In the Netherlands you cannot use repeaters unless the provider gives permission. Which they will not and the fines are fairly high. The problem is that each repeater increases the noise in the uplink and as such reduces the cell tower's range by a bit. Think of it like this: If you and a friend are standing a fair bit apart from each other in the middle of nowhere, you will be able to talk to each other. If the friend is a bit further away you may have to talk louder (as in increase the send power on you phone and drain the battery faster) but you can still talk to each other. Now plonk a busy highway behind your friend and you will have a much harder time in understanding each other due to the added noise. The rather pathetic speeds Linus got there could be due to: 1. Provider doesn't have enough capacity on the cell (so a bad provider) 2. Too many repeaters in the cell, causing too much uplink noise and reduced cell performance 3. You could be on a cell intersection where 2 cells with the same channel frequency have about the same signal strength and that causes interference. It could be all of the above, of course. You can use an app like "Network Cell Info" do a quick check on the probable cause. You RSRP (signal strength, ie. no. of bars on your phone) should be > -100-ish dBm. RSRQ should be > -20 though -15 and up is better as this does affect your internet speeds more than signal strength. Compare that to the first neighboring cell to see if you are on the cell edge or not and get interference from that. You can also keep an eye on the PCI (cell identifier) to see if your phone hands over to another cell. Those are generally places with reduced data throughput and you do not want that to happen too much in your building. As for the coax cable, that is just standard 1/2 inch cable. Biggest we use is 1.25 inch which is a pain in the behind to use. Just make sure you put the connectors on properly as a faulty connector can cause quite a bit of noise as well and that will mess up both your coverage and cause problems for the provider. Also put the antenna on the roof and make sure it has line-of-sight with the tower if possible. Though you may need to take precautions for lightning strikes.

[@FixitFred]

The first rule of any access point install or in this case cell booster install. Is have your network cable installers give you a certification report or certify each cable. Its amazing how often a cable is improperly terminated or contractors damaged the cable during construction.

[@cesarvarela5438]

I love how for 90% of the American content having a "concrete" home is a problem Meanwhile I'm here in my concrete house having full 5g bars because where i live(Puerto Rico) cellphone companies actually account for the concrete structures and make the towers better at building penetration

[@bethelscrubs2549]

I wonder if because of the increased traffic such as population, cell, wifi, air traffic control, satellite(MTU's for cable internet), etc, that they have to reduce the strength of the signals so as to not cause interference. My bet is regulations cause weaker signals here, whereas in Puerto Rico, there's not as much red tape so they can pump out the signal.

[@thebaker8637]

​@@bethelscrubs2549 There's a couple reasons why this doesn't happen often. What you want to do when you have bad signal reception as a carrier is install more transmitters. Boosting the signal of your existing towers gives you marginal benefits and a lot of disadvantages. Incidentally, this is true for all wireless communication (like WiFi), not just cell towers. Why? The main one is physical limits. A cell phone tower consumes quite a bit of power when it's transmitting -- around 50 watts in an urban area. Because a tower radiates in (almost) all directions doubling the tower's output power does not give you twice the range. Due to the inverse square law you need four times the power to get a 2x boost in signal reach, sixteen times the power to get a 4x boost, etc. (In real life a cell tower is what we call a non-isotropic radiator as it tends to be placed on a vantage point so it does not need to broadcast in all directions, which helps with this.) A company will not pay four times as much money to get a 2x boost unless it's absolutely essential. There is also a hard limit of 100W which cell towers cannot exceed in urban areas. The other problem is interference. The issue is not with other users -- carriers have a dedicated band of the spectrum from a government so there should be no interference from other transmitters (unlike with the 2.4 GHz unregulated band used by WiFi, Zigbee, microwave ovens, etc.). There is, however, the issue of interference from other nearby cells. You want to make sure that each customer has a single preferential cell tower to connect to at any given point. Boosting the power of each of your towers will cause issues with handoff and leads to more pollution of the band.

[@bethelscrubs2549]

@@thebaker8637 The only place I have cell phone data issues is near the phone store(there are 3 provider stores in a 2 block section of a super busy area.) Whenever I leave that area, a mile or two, I must connect to a different tower, whereas when I'm in the busy area, it feels like there are too many users for the urban tower at one time so there's a lot of people in queue. But as far as why the cell service suffers through concrete here, but not in Puerto Rico, it could also be the copper piping for the heating solution acting like a Faraday cage.

[@niteshkumarpatel]

Same in india.

[@Surtistuff]

Well yeah.. why would cell phones companies spend time and money to account for concrete homes in a place where there are very few

[@ApolloSevan]

I will forever love Riley but Jake has been so good during the home build. 😂😂😂

[@dertythegrower]

Jake knows his stuff...Dude riley reminds me of Disney channel acting..ungenuine overexaggerated child acting lol

[@BillAndersonNS]

Seasonic is a great company. Another tech channel had an advertisement for Seasonic back a couple years ago when I was configuring my new system. I aw rhe add, was impressed and so I added a Seasonic power supply to my rig. A couple months later I have my system purchased, put together, and it was running pretty well. And on that other tech channel I saw another Seasonic advertisement. So I left a comment just to tell them that their advertisements actually DID influence people and told them my story. A few days later they replied to my comment saying they had told Seasonic my story and Seasonic wanted to send me a few thank you gifts. I gave them my contact info and a few weeks later I got a nice package of goodies, including a Seasonic gaming desk pad and some Seasonic gummy candies. Thanks Seasonic. I loved your swag and my rig is still loving your power supply

[@alex5315]

Same here i got a seasonic power supply and that thing is an absolute beast. 850 titanium

[@Nr9Boon]

Buy nice or buy twice! They make good stuff.

[@theflyingBuSsArD]

@@Nr9Boon The only thing they could improve on would be to add a better quality fan to get the silence of Noctua fans :P

[@Nr9Boon]

@@theflyingBuSsArD I have a focus GX 750 and I don't really hear it over anything else in my system, but I do have a bequiet case. More quiet is always better though!

[@theflyingBuSsArD]

@@Nr9Boon I did not want to say the fans used are super loud, just that the bearing makes some small amount of noise, at least in my case. It is honestly no problem, as the pc is louder anyways

[@Indiestructible]

So I decided to run a speedtest comparing Verizon to AT&T here at the airport in Austin, TX. Seeing my friend pull 170+MBPS on AT&T while I struggle to maintain 3MBPS just hurts my head so much. Congrats Linus

[@TOOTIREDTOARGUE]

My brother watched you guys do this stuff. He moved into the area a few months ago. Don't worry. I wont tell anyone where you live. Just stoked at the fact when I visit him I might be able to Meet someone I look to for tech support

[@rijaja]

4:30 A new member has joined the family! After the LCD display, the HDD drive, and the HTTP protocol, make room for the brand new POE ethernet!

[@666Tomato666]

Don't forget about the SSD drives!

[@levygaming3133]

@@666Tomato666 or the ATM machine

[@patemathic]

@@levygaming3133 or the TPM module

[@alanhilder1883]

Power Over Ethernet ethernet?...

[@Mellie036]

Next up, LTT Tips?

[@RoozenB]

10:50 Linus: "Okay, how does it look?" Jake: "Awful!" A-tier content

[@wichad3]

We use Cel-fi units in our work vehicles. They’ve saved my bacon countless times while out in very remote areas of my country. They’re amazing

[@PetrKlapper]

Been using the Wifi calling all around the world, works great when your phone & operater support it (don't know how US ones do). Costs nothing more abroad, draws less phone energy when you have solid wifi, goes to sleep when wifi does when screen does if you want (handy for watching something before sleep).

[@JJFlores197]

He's in Canada and not the US. Most US cell providers support wifi calling, but usually only for phones you buy from them. AT&T doesn't allow you to use wifi calling unless you buy the phone directly from them or an iPhone. I have a OnePlus 9 Pro. It supports wifi calling, but since its not approved by AT&T, they will not allow the wifi calling option to even show up on the phone.

[@PetrKlapper]

@@JJFlores197 That's just sad, thanks for the info. I would even expect AT&T and others welcome an option to help with the coverage reputation, especially with some unlimited text & call plans, but there could be other layers of greed as usual that I don't see and am not used to not living there.

[@Darkitz69]

This probably my favorite in the tech-house series. Too bad i didnt get too review-ish, after explaining that there are no proper reviews for anything. But still a great showcase!

[@kaldogorath]

To properly review something you need a frame of reference. He would need to install a few more in his house and in other locations to understand

[@realtonysolo]

@@kaldogorath not to mention using the tech for a period of time after he moves in.

[@gotworc]

he probably will in the full house tour in like a year lol

[@kenzieduckmoo]

It’s awesome they sent you carrier grade Coax. I hadn’t seen it that thick since I worked at Spectrum

[@jabuki2]

I love watching these videos of tech upgrading your home. Keep them coming.

[@ColeMarkusen]

Nice, been looking forward to this episode of the series. Have a cell booster in my car (SureCall Fusion2Go 3.0) for similar reasons, typically gets me 2-3 extra bars of reception. But like you mentioned, reviews are hard to come by. And your mileage varies so much depending on where you're at.

[@MarcusC92]

Yeah, that's why it's so important to be able to rely on experts like Waveform for a solid recommendation.

[@kadenbirch]

I'd love it if LTT's video titles became a little more descriptive so I could find old videos with reasonable success!

[@UncleKennysPlace]

I used to carry a signal booster on road trips in the olden days. I literally just gave it away. Also, it occurs to me that when Linus' beard turns grey, he can revive _The Red Green Show._ He has the kind of vibe.

[@dh2032]

was it Linus's beard turns grey before the new house?

[@PowertecAu]

We are the largest distributor of Cel-Fi solutions in Australia, and we have done over 150k installations. Such a great solution! Our customers love it.

[@Sliznark]

Honestly gotta say I am loving these house videos even though I am not invested at all into Linus' house lol. They serve great entertainment value. Keep it up team

[@GenericAnimeBoy]

"Branded cookie...that's next level" How long do you figure before LTT cookies hit the store? 🙃

[@erlend1554]

I think he said something about not wanting to deal with the fda but id love it

[@R3YNZ]

The thing with boosters/repeaters is since you're connected to one antenna you lose MIMO Ability and sometimes carrier aggregation. This is where the speeds come from with cellular connectivity

[@MarcusC92]

Yeah that's a great point! MIMO is so important for data speeds, but in most cases where cell signal is bad, stepping down to SISO for better signal strength and quality is usually worth it.

[@607AAG]

This video is useless for the vast majority of even this audience...yet we love every second of it! Love these home videos.

[@MrHotquote]

Nice to see waveform, they are pretty nice company!

[@zsoulweaver]

Telco I used to work for in Australia, just in retail, resold the Cel-Fi Go Repeaters to customers as well as the antenna needed if you wanted. Virtually everybody that got one never had complaints and said it worked a treat. Pretty much every provider here, at least the big 3, provide WiFi calling and SMS so it's not a huge deal, I would say we sold more on-the-go mobile versions of the repeaters than the at home versions.

[@davidcooley2694]

Linus: My ping is ¾ of a second 😡 Me: Finally a worth opponent 😈

[@Hello-kh6sc]

mine is 10 secends 😈

[@Baby.Yoda.knows.tech.]

My Ping : 68 ms

[@hariskhan01]

Thanfully my ping is just a couple of seconds😁

[@Baby.Yoda.knows.tech.]

That's 10 ms milliseconds... Actually here in every house near my neighborhood Ping is like 1 or 2 ms.. But my house is cursed..

[@jonathansoko1085]

Its funny how whats trash to linus is every day life for most of us, or worse LOL

[@wethermon]

You know people really enjoy working with each other by the jokes and good vibes all around, these two are totally Bros. Sincerely, getting paid and still enjoying the company is a massive quality of life improvement. 🎩 Linus is surrounded by really good workers, some who will probably go on to their own endeavors but still return to help him if he calls. Marvelous watch this video.

[@benjaminkarlog8551]

We had the same issue for a house, we godt a "local" tower from the cell provider. It creates the signals as a very small cell tower and sends the signals over Ethernet to the cell provider. (It only works with the one provider)

[@ant.s]

In the UK we can buy these router like devices that plug into your router that uses your home network to create cell signal. They are a bit weird though and some from the likes of Vodafone required you register your phone with the device before it would work. They are generally exclusive to the network you bought them from too.

[@joshj392]

US too, I have a t-Mobile one in my house

[@chankwanting]

Based on another comment here, the registration is probably for security so your neighbours phones don't connect to a box you control which may enable you to snif their traffic.

[@Daylen151]

you know it's a big house when you see literally 5 toilets just sitting in the garage waiting to be installed. linus is ballin.

[@NolePTR]

Linus, hoses in Florida are basically made out of concrete. We get the same issue with reception. Usually it isn't so bad though because it's flat and a cell tower can basically get into every room, but any windowless room or hallway has horrible reception.

[@blkshp9122]

Video title: I hate this Linus at the end: I'm perfectly happy with this

[@MrSongib]

just don't look the shark fin

[@AndreyNaranjo]

character development at its finest

[@undead9786]

20 up and down are real good for cell data. Linus just wanted consistent coverage for his home so stuff like sms and non-wifi calls can work. He will have wifi for speeds.

[@O1ez]

From a european perspective it is pretty funny how you have to explain that there is concrete in the floors. In europe this is the standard in pretty much all houses.

[@jtowensbyiii6018]

Almost all homes have concrete UNDER the house and wood flooring ontop in America

[@BZTV-wi9gw]

100% support Cel-fi I've installed many throughout the years in large offices, small service centers and even a hydroelectric dam.

[@seanbrockest3888]

Early Prediction: Cell Booster to the rescue! Edit: I'm really glad Linus posted this video. For the last month or so I've been having the same headaches trying to find a solution, and have hit the same wall of people not calling me back, or people not being willing to even guarantee their product. The fact that these waveform guys required them to do a signal test in the house first, tells me a lot about who they are.

[@ei3046]

yea

[@theanimeotaku2794]

I mean what carrier do you use it's pretty dependent

[@seanbrockest3888]

@@theanimeotaku2794 Sasktel/Telus both have towers in the area but share customer usage.

[@theanimeotaku2794]

@@seanbrockest3888 oh I thought you'd be in the US but cel Fi as Linus used is good for a signal repeater since I have a similar one but in the US with TMobile it's just a window unit and a coverage unit it's pretty useful since my phone would drain more from low signal strength plus speeds are more consistent

[@artieartya]

Lovin the home builds keep them coming. Can’t wait till you smartify your whole house up hope you’re enjoying every moment as the home is being remodeled.

[@walkinmn]

"Needs to be encased in concrete on each level of the house! which heavily blocks cellular and wifi signals" he makes this sound awful, meanwhile most of the homes in Latin America are built with brick encased in concrete including the inner walls (it's less on the affordable modern houses). This makes me wonder if cellular companies install more antennas around here, because although reception can be awful in some areas of some houses, I would say around most of the urban areas it's fine (at least in the 100 km around Mexico City which I know best)

[@danswope]

Good point and it kinda depends. Certain providers use different frequency bands and different bands are better at going through material (but the trade off is usually range from the tower or speed). So it always kinda depends on who you use for a carrier and what antennas are nearby

[@timonkuschke3861]

I was going to say the same, the concrete layer on his floor is probably only 5-8cm thick and that's like nothing here in Germany (normal ceiling is like 20cm). I remember only a few buildings I had problems getting connections inside and that was mostly in the basement or ground floor.

[@Fattony6666]

@@timonkuschke3861 This just in, Canada is way bigger with way less population than Germany and Linus probably does not live in the city. There's no way we can have as many towers/as good coverage.

[@bennyfalkenberg24]

@@Fattony6666 i completely disagree also they are in bc which has a lot of people

[@TwilightWolf032]

Oh, these North Americans and their houses of paper with cotton candy between walls. They are so amusing.

[@ph33lix]

It makes sense that the upload is super solid since you're no longer dependent on the output power-limited RF transmitter on your cellphone reaching the cell tower, but on Waveform's network unit which probably has a solid Tx amplifier, in combination with a directional RF antenna aimed at the cell tower. Cool product!!

[@logun0]

The house videos are the best. I love seeing what you're doing, how you're doing it and if I could do any of it.

[@dertythegrower]

They should do a colab with pbs public tv classic home repair show (DIY on This Old House)

[@Neoxon619]

Oh yeah, I remember you mentioning that you have terrible cell service at the new house. That said, I’m surprised that more cell phone providers don’t do Wi-Fi calling as an option these days.

[@zen60190]

lol

[@TonyZEHS]

2:08

[@Neoxon619]

@@TonyZEHS Yeah, I had a double check that part of the video to be sure. I’ve since I updated the comment.

[@VibesInMotion]

@@TonyZEHS He was wrong about SMS though. At least on iOS Wi-Fi calling supports SMS/MMS/Voice all over Wi-Fi on all of the 3 biggest carriers in Canada.

[@TonyZEHS]

I live 30 minutes drive from where LTT is in the deep foresty parts of Maple Ridge. The only place in my house with reliable service for my carrier is beside the window pf my room on the second floor. Wifi calling isn't an option with my carrier (shaw/freedom mobile, small carrier) and calls would disconnect half way even with perceived two bars of signal unless you stay right next to the window. Though text seems to work as normal when calls wouldn't connect.

[@budthecyborg4575]

Waveform owes Linus a cut of the 10x increase in sales they're about to have.

[@rocky-zx6kq]

It might be less than 10x but it will still increase their sales

[@jeremywp123]

They did, by sending him thousands of dollars of free tech

[@budthecyborg4575]

@@jeremywp123 5:06 Ah yes I missed that small piece of information, plus the promo code.

[@johngangemi1361]

Great advertising. It was so simple as the answered the phone when the customer called and got the sale and decent advertising on the video. They will easily make whatever they traded Linus for the air time and then some. Good on them too.

[@davisclark0776]

Another Cell Signal you should try out is WeBoost! I’ve been using the 4G LTE WEBoost at my house for a couple of years and it has been so awesome! Before I had zero bars inside the house, some days if we are lucky we get 1 bar outside. Once we got that thing installed, we got a solid 2-3 bars inside the house.

[@shikharrawat7316]

Linus: Nothing can fix the cell reception in the basement. *Waveform took it personally*

[@timdesmond1327]

Linus I must say I totally enjoy watching your learning on the go videos they are so funny and entertaining. I have been watching you since 2010 when I started watching your reviews this is when I started in professional it work. Love the content and I'll keep watching ya :) and the epic team you built

[@denvera1g1]

WiFi calling/texting works fine for me, i live in the middle of nowhere, and just got symetrical Gb fiber to my firewall. Before this, i had to use a wired cellular booster

[@ethanbaker22]

Yeah immediately thought the same. My phone is on airplane mode when I’m home as signal sucks just use wifi?? What carriers/phones don’t support Wifi Calling in Canada?

[@astridphoenix4686]

i love having seen non stop jake as i've been bingeing this playlist. he's such a cool dude.

[@BeeWhere]

As someone who lives in a rural wooded area, I have ZERO reception at my house. But I have wifi and wifi calling so it's never mattered.

[@ethanbaker22]

Yeah same 😂. Phones on airplane mode at home. Wifi calling has been out for yearsssss what phones and carriers don’t use it?

[@thefray123]

Linus with crazy home problems: CONTENT

[@nordlands8798]

1:48 No the tubes do not have to be encased in concrete, they can be laid in foam or wood based grooved plates such as Thermalboard, Warmboard, Rauboard, Heatply and Roth EPS 30.

[@MHawkeye]

i feel like the concrete is used as a battery for the heat, other forms would just heat the actual floor instead of providing some form of battery to store the excess heat thus making it really efficient

[@Nick51100]

@@MHawkeye exactly that

[@markdoldon8852]

He didn't say they HAD to be, he said they WERE. There are good and valid reasons to use concrete, they made that decision early on. Frankly the service where Linus lives sucks at the best of time (I'm in the same general area) OUTDOORS, so reception inside tends to suffer no matter how your home is built.

[@sab_1055]

I guess I need to study. I moved to the boondocks and no one gets a good signal out here. NOTOK. You two remind me of me and my dad when he added various types of functionality to my house. I always thought It'd be so ugly but I was glad when it was working.

[@joshj392]

man, Linus is REALLY taking extraordinary steps to conceal where he's moving to

[@ChristopherGray00]

unfortunately there are really sad people out there willing to dedicate their lives to bothering others by making false orders to e-celebrities houses or swatting so although at hindsight it seems excessive it is actually pretty understandable

[@emu071981]

@@ChristopherGray00 It wouldn't be that hard to figure out where Linus has moved to but the measures he is currently taking does help raise the bar on how much effort is actually required.

[@NestoDiaz]

As a cable installer, it's nice to see Linus cover tech that I use on a daily basis lol

[@cody7773]

I thought those coax connectors were interesting

[@AthanImmortal]

6:48 Love the subtitles, hahahha "I have no effin clue"

[@RyanFennec]

Ikr lmao

[@REAL-UNKNOWN-SHINOBI]

If you turned on the actual subtitles it will say, Jake speaks gibberish

[@tobiahhowell]

Regarding your hydronic heating, or In Floor Heating, you don't necessarily need to encase the tubes in concrete. My parents house has it on 3 floors and, while the main floor is done with copper pipes, none of pipes are encased in concrete. As long as the pipes are in an enclosed space they will work just fine. The efficiency might be a bit lower but it keeps all that concrete out of the other floors.

[@mmoolloo]

Linus: "The tubes need to be encased in concrete in each level of the house, which heavily blocks signals..." Me (in Mexico): "What else would you make a house out of? bubblegum?"

[@RobertFletcherOBE]

usually the ground floor is concrete and all other floors are wood. (in europe anyway). If your in a high-rise It'll be concrete all round

[@evev]

@@RobertFletcherOBE In europe? Where are you living? In germany 99% of houses are 100% concrete

[@diablo.the.cheater]

@@RobertFletcherOBE In Europe houses are mostly concrete, with the rare exception of the UK maybe.

[@bobspldbckwrds]

In the us, our recent houses are mostly sawdust, glue and cut corners

[@Guuggel]

​@@diablo.the.cheaterAverage finnish house is built from wood with concrete foundations. Concrete would be like 20% more expensive.

[@SAM_FaZe]

Love ur vids Linus!!! Keep it up!!!

[@Cleric1372]

Please give us an update after the "fin" is dialed in, and what is the cell up and down speed from the same tower in a similar "4bars" serviced area, I'd like to see what is "lost" in conversion

[@StellarAudyssey]

Agree.

[@jonyrock]

This was fascinating to watch, truly a rare topic no one talks about. As always, thanks for sharing