MIMO vs Boosters: Do Cellular Boosters Provide the Best Signal & Data Performance?

[@jeffyork9389]

I'm an engineer and formerly cellular industry. I know all about the cellular infrastructure and technology yet you all informed me more on the end user technology needs than all the years I was inside the cell industry and all the other KZbin videos. Plan simple understandable and practice straight truth. Plus straight forward to gimmicks demonstrations. Great advice at the end too.

[@MobileInternetResourceCenter]

Thank you.. that warms our team's hearts.

[@stbam1965]

No one cares where you work

[@JumpCutProYT]

three weeks, countless internet forums and youtube videos later.... you answered all my questions in one video... You guys are heroes 👌

[@arminlok]

Finally a video on the internet without the commercial magic words but real content. Thank you guys.

[@davide8629]

Best explanation ever for a non-techie to follow. Thank you.

[@ced4612]

And i agree with you Best explanation ever 👍👍

[@lauria5040]

Gosh you guys are so helpful. We are just weekenders and not full timers but being without cell service and wifi drives us nuts. We are reliant on it for emergency work situations. This is so helpful as we try to figure out how we are going to improve this. THANK YOU

[@sun622]

The lady knows her stuff! Simple, straight forward explanations makes this a must see video.

[@CincinnatiReefer]

Just the video I needed and when I needed it. I got the jetpack as you recommended and it has been incredible. Thank you and safe travels!

[@paulflute]

just brilliant.. because it was packed full of really clear understandable information.. and also becasue your swapping back and forth was so light and fluid and lovely.. not an easy thing to do ina mostly live not overly eddited video.. really well done guys.. thank you..

[@cecilialater2222]

The mouth and ears analogy made the content easy to understand, thank you.

[@bjruss60]

Thanks for your great videos, they are easy to understand! I have just started to research getting a WiFi signal when camping in the boonies and your videos are so very helpful.

[@marcuhrich3784]

I help folks with this stuff all the time. This is the first time I've seen your videos and they're a perfect mix of technical and non-technical information. Liked and subscribed. Keep up the good work!

[@dixiecyrus8136]

🙋‍♀️ hello! What would you recommend for rural areas? Is there anything out there under 60 dollars that's decent? If you do this for a living I apologize for asking, it's just I really don't know anything about tech nowadays. Thank you very much. If this is your work I understand if you can't answer.

[@marcuhrich3784]

@@dixiecyrus8136 if you are just looking for internet and can’t get traditional service, I’d recommend looking into cellular home options. You may find a local WIFI provider if you’re lucky, but that can be hit and miss. Just go to all your local cell stores and see who has the best option. Because we’re on their KZbin page, I would also consider becoming an aficionado if you want more directed content. Their guides are great and I suspect they would provide you with one on one advice if necessary. Have a good one!

[@dixiecyrus8136]

@@marcuhrich3784 thank you😁

[@jamesstein5952]

Wow. Been following u for a few years now is my time to hit the road. You are clear and concise for a novice.

[@Hucklebrau]

MIMO is the factor that was eluding me. It all makes sense now. Great video!

[@lonepinetechnology2944]

Great videos! I send some of our customers and prospects to your channel from time to time to get easy-to-understand information! Thanks!

[@teresaryan2019]

As usual, great video, I recommend you to Everyone!! You make it simple to understand. Can't thank you enough.

[@tdenham735]

Wow! Great explanation! I could have saved hours of research if I would have watched this video first! Thanks Guys!

[@davidtyrer3803]

Eggsellent! Video quality was great and content was perfect! Love that part of Georgia!

[@MobileInternetResourceCenter]

Thank you David... we're loving cruising this area!

[@Priscilla_Skoolie]

Thank you for making videos like these theyre so educational and informative your work is truly valuable to this community.

[@DayleDiamond]

I'm so thankful you made this video!

[@kellyfifer7587]

Thank you I have watched this several times I really like your explanation and how you make it very easy to understand

[@greggb3079]

Just stumbled upon your channel, and this video provided excellent information on mobile phone access, that I had been looking for. Thank you very much.

[@johngiese2556]

Thanks you guys for all the work you do

[@spider78612]

Dang! I actually learned something today! Actually more than I've learned studying this stuff for the last couple years! Thanks!

[@scotthelmann5156]

Well done! I loved how you explained the multi antenna advantage of MIMO. Way easier to understand than my old explanation when talking to people!

[@joulemine]

This video is awesome and is why we always send people to yall for information. We have a 8800L and the Surecall helps about 20% of the time which makes it worth it for us as we run our business over the internet and boondock a ton. Especially uploading videos! We just picked up the MIMO and I'm excited to start testing it as well. Thanks for the great video! Safe travels! -Thomas

[@roypase8488]

I agree with other posters...You videos offer "spot on" one stop shopping when it comes to the Mobile Universe...Thank You![

[@pattycota6195]

My T-Mobile's has a hotspot that work for me most of time. I have certainly learned a lot from you two. 👍Thank you so very much. ✌❤

[@josegutierrez3707]

Thank you for all the help. You made a pretty intimidating topic very approachable.

[@codycastro8083]

Your voice is perfect for radio or podcasting.

[@LivinliteNet1]

Thank you so much for doing this video!!! I was going to do the same video as so many people ask us this question! Saved us so much time! Will share!!

[@MobileInternetResourceCenter]

Great minds think alike!!

[@richardcrbb]

Thank you for your explicit gestures it helps a lot when English is not your native language, I don’t think it is stupid I think it is very helpful Thanks

[@moderngooddays5264]

Holy moly what is this resource I stumbled on! Thank you guys so much for thsi content!

[@maitildamcintyre9344]

New to this channel. I’m going to subscribe and learn as much as I can and possibly join your premium group. Thanks very much.

[@cmacrafton]

Good information. I'm so grateful that you took the time and explained this so well.

[@colinsphoneemail]

that's the same one I have, OTR, bought it last year for the semi truck.. it's been a life saver. Really does work

[@youbastrds231]

For data as well?

[@colinsphoneemail]

@@youbastrds231 yes

[@kennydotson4511]

Great video I use to work for cable company and people at the end of line would always so just put a booster on it. It wasn't a fix all.thing with boosters they get better signal but picture would go much worse. Back to MiMO I have good signal outside not great. I bought antenna small one. It really helped so much. I was focused on the bars from 3 to 4 back and forth. When I look at the DB I was only loosing like 2 db that would make it go down. Sometimes if it's back and forth may not be as bad as u think. Great video

[@bennymccolloughjr3030]

that was awesome. I completely understand now what I need for our RV. Thank you.

[@ericinnis]

Great video and just in time for me!

[@TheRealGunGuyTV]

Wow! Great video. We are trying to figure out how best to connect from our off-grid property in the white mountains of Arizona. This video was incredibly helpful. I subscribed.

[@maxximusperformance]

What did you end up using or doing? I'll be working in the white mountains this spring.

[@giovanniarturo893]

I dont mean to be so offtopic but does anybody know a way to get back into an instagram account? I somehow lost the password. I love any assistance you can give me.

[@manuelvivaan3658]

@Giovanni Arturo instablaster ;)

[@giovanniarturo893]

@Manuel Vivaan thanks for your reply. I got to the site through google and im waiting for the hacking stuff now. I see it takes quite some time so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.

[@giovanniarturo893]

@Manuel Vivaan it worked and I finally got access to my account again. I am so happy! Thanks so much, you saved my account!

[@HalcyonEX]

Y'all are an invaluable source for people like me in rural areas that can't get internet for nothing I spent 500 bucks on the surecall fusion 4home yagi/whip antenna and it barely gets me 1-3 MBPS and I get nothing when it storms

[@bigtexnick2188]

thank you for the simple explanations!!

[@missmacintox]

Great video. I have been waiting for there answers.

[@RVingwiththeMoracas]

Good stuff. My limited experience agrees - I have only needed my booster 2 times in 40plus campgrounds.

[@Hidden_Destinations]

EXCELLENT VIDEO! Thanks for making this simple

[@Yhrim70]

Good Explanation of the Differences, and the Pros and Cons. Current cellular (sim card) router doesn't accept external antenna's. All of its own antennas are internal too. I only have one tower that I can really reach, and its a little over 6 miles away. Can barely get a cell signal outside, often can't text. With a booster inside the house (with outdoor pole antenna), get decent signal inside the house. Currently have panel style outdoor antenna (as that is what the booster came with) which doesn't make sense for my situation, due to there only being one tower I can reach. I only get about 8mb download, 10-12 up (which I do need upload speeds for uploading videos and other at times). No reason to spread the signal out like a panel antenna does just for one tower. So I ordered a directional antenna which I can point to that one tower. Have yet to install it, but hope it brings in better signal/high down speeds.

[@wendy4498]

You guys are awesome! Thanks so much for the info!

[@TheGoldenTriangleAcademy]

Excellent video and exactly what I was looking for. Thank you for doing this!

[@UToobSteak]

I'm so glad I found this video. I've been pulling my hair out all weekend trying to figure out why every time I turn our booster on, our download speed drops to nearly 1 Mbps even though our signal strength was going from weak to very good! I did notice it made our upload speeds somewhat better, but the whole point in buying the booster was to improve our crappy download speeds. I bet I've been on the roof 10 times moving this stupid yagi around. Hopefully I can still return it.

[@LetNewAdventuresBegin]

Thanks for helping us to figure out our options! So we’ll explained

[@superhappysozo]

Super helpful explanation. Thanks!

[@marcdunn7716]

Great video, you guys are the RF kings! Great analogies to put things into laymen's terms.

[@rkdrury1]

From a fellow cruiser looking for a straight forward simple solution, you made my day with the hands on comparison. Great job on cutting through the hype.

[@vadalarc2948]

very good explanation for non techie guys. Thank you!

[@RVHabit]

Excellent video. Easy to understand and very beneficial.

[@tnightster8019]

Another great video guys! FYI - I believe you are missing the "rv" in the domain name from your example links for the weBoost and Netgear links. Existing links route to a different company.

[@MobileInternetResourceCenter]

Thanks.. I've corrected the links.

[@oatmeal733]

Very good explanation. Thank You!

[@georgiabushcraft4994]

GREAT VIDEO! We moved to rural GA with no internet options so for the past 2 years I have been running our businesses off of 6 different Verizon devices. I ordered my second Mifi last week and have been looking for an antenna option. It's funny, everyone I have spoken to at Verizon all said there aren't antenna ports on the 8800L. You're video blew my mind because I thought I was loosing it when everyone told me there aren't ports. Thank you for the great videos!

[@DrBlazer50]

Thank you so much for this video. I'll be moving into my Promaster 2500 next week. I don't need to upload any videos or spend much time doing video calls. I'm just hoping to have a strong enough signal to check my emails and do pretty basic things on the internet. After watching this video, I think I will be trying one of those reasonably priced MIMO antennas. Currently my cell phone service provider is Google Fi. I'm still thinking about switching my phone service to Verizon, or getting a jet pack, mobile hotspot, or using my Google Pixel Slate laptop with Verizon's unlimited plan. I'm still pretty confused about everything, but at least this video helped me understand a lot more than anything else I've seen or read. Thank you.

[@overlandingfamily]

This is awesome stuff. TY for the share!

[@IlhanYondemir]

It was very informative. Thank you !

[@terryrigden4860]

Thank you for a clear explanation

[@AllenKrughoff]

Super helpful, thank you!

[@darrellcollins877]

Great explanation ! Thanks

[@iCanSeeYou999]

Nice video guys))) well done !!!

[@eastendyves]

You guys are awesome. Thank you!!

[@OTCRSA]

You guys are incredible. Thanks.

[@captoshuragnarok7444]

Very informative video. Thank you!

[@rollandbrower7827]

Excellent information!

[@pmcalister6884]

Super duper GREAT video...thank you!!!

[@brandybwd]

awesome video ...learned a lot.. becoming a member tonight! thx

[@MobileInternetResourceCenter]

Thanks!

[@scoutstevenson4775]

Great video. Came across it while looking for an external antenna. We have a cabin up in the remote part of Maine so this will be great for getting the optimal signal. Keep up the great videos.

[@nomansvan827]

thank you, a clear explanation

[@jblaction]

I'm all ears... hahaha I bought the WeBoost booster about 2 weeks before you sent an announcement to wait, as you had some news. $500 bucks... but I am often in the mountains of Colorado and where I had such a weak signal as soon as I tried to do anything it would go away. With the booster, I could actually make calls and some Internet, but it wasn't good enough to use my phone as a hot spot, which I often do. I only have Verizon. Bottom line - for those weeks I had it, it helped tremendously. Before the booster in that location, I had to drive a couple miles down the road and sit in my car to make calls or get on the internet. I am a MIA member.

[@MobileInternetResourceCenter]

Thanks for being MIA! Indeed, when you need them - boosters are well worth having on board.

[@matthewdeal3402]

Great explanations 👌

[@yousvellormeus]

Great video ! So practical

[@anthonyspadafora1384]

Excellent Video..Thank you

[@Deeceesadventures]

Just found your channel. I like it. I live off grid and have a KZbin channel but have been having a hard time uploading..

[@leisuretravelinlockes8037]

Nice job, guys.

[@LKMedia_Official]

Very informative video thank you!

[@regcrowder9010]

Thank you for this 😁

[@Noises]

I live in a valley in a rainforest in Eastern Australia, 20 km (about 12 miles) to the nearest tower (and the jungle canopy behind our house is in the way at my end.) We get barely a bar of signal in a few places outside, nothing inside. I put an 18Dbi yagi antenna outdoors on a 3 meter tall mast, I attached the mast to the eves, connected the antenna to a booster with the right bandwidth, pointed it at the tower and used a small 4db paddle antenna indoors. The booster sees 3 bars of signal coming in, the phones and other devices see 5 bars of signal from the booster. The 5 bar reading on the phone is "meaningless" in the sense that it is only showing the signal it's picking up from the booster's indoor antenna, but the three bar signal input on the booster's LCD shows the input signal the booster receives. So I'm really getting about three bars of signal indoors now. With the monsoons coming, this is going to be a much better system than the old one of leaving the phone on the roof of the car in the yard to send or receive a text and waiting until I'm going out for something to make voice calls. Reason the booster makes sense in my situation comes down to two things. One, distance, two, we're a house, we don't move around like a boat so a directional gain boost is perfect. On a boat you want good signal in all directions, so yes, a MIMO panel antennae is a good move, one with two offset dipoles is even better. You want it as high as possible. You could even hook that up to the cell booster as the outdoor antenna if you wanted, if you were cruising somewhere more than a few miles to the nearest tower. Stationary setups like cabins or rural homes that are a long way from the nearest tower would be better served with a setup like mine. *IF YOU'RE THINKING OF GETTING A SIGNAL BOOSTER, FIRST OF ALL FIND OT WHAT BAND YOUR PHONE OR MODEM IS USING BEFORE YOU BUY ANYTHING!* On iphone you dial *3001#12345#* and press the call button, then click Serving Cell Info. On android there's an app called LTE Discovery that tells you what band you're on among other things.

[@JoseSantos-vd4hg]

I Just returned a 550 dollars booster because a 10 dollars MIMO antenna outperform the booster. So know everything makes sense. Thank you guys

[@lindaedwards3296]

Great instruction video

[@bobg858]

Thanks for all the information. In our case, our new homesite was to far from any towers to make calls. If you did get out, it would drop the signal or the connection was so bad, nobody could understand me. Internet would time out. The only thing we could do was text but you couldn’t attach anything. 1tx was the best signal. Decided to spend the money and try MIMO. Bought a Omni directional (inexpensive) antenna and got a 8800L jetpack from Verizon. Attached it to our barn (house under construction) turned it on and we’re getting 4g (2 bars) clear phone calls, and internet at 12-15 megabits. Couldn’t be happier. Once the house is done, I’ll get a directional antenna.

[@GeeksOnTour]

Great stuff! Do you think cable lengths factor in? I loved that part of Georgia when I worked boats.

[@MobileInternetResourceCenter]

Yes.. cable length definitely makes a difference. Hey, look.. we have a guide to that too :) www.rvmobileinternet.com/guides/cables-connectors-and-adapters/

[@TheBuddy1939]

This is great. thank you

[@edwardmitchell6581]

You guys seem so sweet. Plus I've been looking everyone for info on this stuff (I'm an IT guy an pretty good at internet research) but only paid articles seem to show up on Google. Crazy thing is, you guys just showed up way down on my recommended list, I didn't find this on a search. (You should put all the names of cellular providers in your descriptions/titles. That might help with search.)

[@MobileInternetResourceCenter]

Glad you found us. If you were searching for the topic of this video, I'm sure it would have shown up. This one has little to do specifically with the carriers themselves - and we believe in authenticity, not playing SEO games. Besides, much better when folks find us organically.

[@duckthis17]

Excellent info.

[@MarkoKoskenoja]

Excellent explainer video😀

[@julianachandler2975]

Great video!

[@johnfloyd7926]

Heh, I like that you guys did this off the coast of GA. I'm really glad you showed the difference between two of the biggest carriers. As a resident of middle GA, it is the complete opposite in my area. Two bars of AT&T is not the same as two bars of Verizon. AT&T walks the dog on Verizon for data speed in my area. For example, I can get 12MB/s on AT&T with two bars and with Verizon it's about 3-4MB/s. No boosters just with device antennas.

[@MobileInternetResourceCenter]

Thanks! Yes, there are many factors besides signal strength that determine actual data-speeds, including many things a customer has no control over. It's one of the realities of cellular data connections.

[@davidtitley6822]

"bars are meaningless" ... unless you're looking for a drink! :-). Seriously, great video!!

[@repentandfollowjesuschrist6170]

🤣

[@veneratedmortal4369]

They aren't. They will indicate the best position.

[@snake_eyes_garage]

First, fantastic information. But sincerest apologies for this second point, OMG you are the luckiest man I know. Holy Smokes. OK, just had to say that. And thanks again for the great content.

[@oblongx]

Fantastic video

[@chilatelover]

awesome information!!

[@sbrown9020]

You guys are the best

[@denisburke4333]

Great video guys, such an easy explanation! I have a quick question for you, I am moving to an area with no hardwire hookup and very bad 3g/4g reception.. I can get 1 or 2 bars of 4g on the roof, I'm thinking if I were to set up a mimo antenna, put my modem in the roof space and run a data from the modem to a switch where I plan on a full Ubiquiti router/WAP setup. This would take care of my data, then for voice calls I could get a cheap booster online and use this for extending my signal into the house, as I wouldn't be using this for data it could work fine. Does this sound like the best option? Thanks guys

[@MobileInternetResourceCenter]

It's hard to predict for a specific location. We focus on mobile :)

[@Perseus109]

This is really great, I am making a trip to Verizon first! Thanks!

[@calebtempleton8598]

You guys are awesome

[@maureenknight1417]

Thank you for explaining for us technically challenged mobile newbies!