Thursday, July 15, 2010

A Cell Tower of Your Very Own
Major Carriers Sell a Personal Device That Improves Signal
By Roger Cheng
Wall Street Journal

Up until a few weeks ago, Mike Gillin was a tough man to get a hold of.
Erica Beckman for The Wall Street Journal

His basement apartment in Smithtown, N.Y. is a virtual black hole for cellular signals.AT&T Inc.'s cellular service is just good enough that Mr. Gillin's iPhone would ring when dialed—but the calls would usually fail to connect. Text messages would arrive hours, or even days, late. Friends trying to reach him would have to switch back and forth between dialing his land line and his cellphone in an effort to get through.

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