[176888] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: OT - Verizon/ATT Cell/4G Signal Booster/Repeater
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ryan Wilkins)
Mon Dec 15 22:14:44 2014
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
From: Ryan Wilkins <ryan@deadfrog.net>
In-Reply-To: <40C6463F-E48B-4A2A-96C5-4C6E43122DCF@fastreturn.net>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 22:14:33 -0500
To: Ammar Zuberi <ammar@fastreturn.net>
Cc: John Levine <johnl@iecc.com>, "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
> On Dec 15, 2014, at 9:59 PM, Ammar Zuberi <ammar@fastreturn.net> =
wrote:
>=20
> Although this might not apply to you in the US, anyone else thinking =
about trying this might want to check up on possible legal backlash from =
using one of these devices. I know you can't legally use one of these in =
Dubai.
They=E2=80=99re legal in the US as long as they=E2=80=99re registered =
with the carrier and meet the new regulations for intelligent cellular =
repeaters. There were some new laws regarding these repeaters that went =
into effect earlier this year, I think around April.
A Cel-Fi repeater that I used to own did a nifty thing by scanning for =
and amplifying only the signals belonging to the carrier the repeater =
was programmed for rather than doing a full band repeat of everyone. I =
got rid of the Cel-Fi when I upgraded to the iPhone 5S which has WiFi =
calling available on it. It works quite well and no need for the =
repeater any more.
Best,
Ryan Wilkins
