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<p class="MsoNormal">In 2019 we installed a <a href="https://www.wilsonpro.com/products/pro-70-plus-75-ohm-booster">
WilsonPro 70 Plus</a> cellular amplifier for our larger building, and an <a href="https://www.wilsonpro.com/products/4g-omni-building-antenna-50-ohm">
Omni directional antenna</a> in the attic area. Initially we planned to install the antenna on the roof, but after testing we found it worked just as well in the attic area well above the ceiling without having to put a hole in the roof.
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are sort of a perfect use case – we have very good signal outside (about 1 mile from 2 different cell towers (in opposite directions, hence the omnidirectional antenna)), but the basement of the brick building kills signal entirely.
A very thick coax cable runs from the antenna down to the amplifier (in our server room where it is protected by a UPS and a natural gas generator for 24/7 reliability), and then similar cables from the amplifier out to three different indoor antennas which
are basically access points, mounted to the drop ceiling in specific spots. The cellular coverage works great for all networks that we tried. The range from the access points is less than we had hoped for, but it does work for our purposes.
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<p class="MsoNormal">The building itself is around 42,000 square feet, but the only bad spots are in the basement which is only under a portion of the building. WilsonPro has higher end solutions as well if you need more coverage.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sam Lewis<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> OPLINTECH <oplintech-bounces@lists.oplin.org> <b>
On Behalf Of </b>Michael J. Pope Jr. via OPLINTECH<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 16, 2020 06:14<br>
<b>To:</b> oplintech@lists.oplin.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [OPLINTECH] Cell signal boosters<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Hello all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">We are looking for a solution to boost cell signal strength at two of our branches, one is 8,500 square feet while the other is around 30,000. Anyone have anything up and running or heard of anything
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Thanks in advance!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222">Michael Pope </span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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