EE Signal Booster (Reprise)

[#1]

Q: A recurring chestnut - does the EE signal booster work on Plusnet?

One mobile used to be on EE network and we had a signal booster to fix poor signal. No longer on EE.

The booster has been left plugged in gathering dust but still shows a solid green light indicating connected.

Using an app called OpenSignal I get signals before/after (I leave you to work out which way round) as below once the EE Booster box has re-connected. (Standing within 3' of the box)

I believe the signal booster has to be 'registered' by EE so may not be any good buying any old ex EE signal booster off ebay. I have another which doesn't get a solid green light - but that might have been faulty in the past, hence the second box we have)

A: Possibly, yes

(Posted for info and curious if anyone else has experimented?)

[#2]

Hope this will help some people.

I have a very poor signal in the house so decided to buy an EE signal booster box off ebay. It was sold as ‘used’

When it arrived I contacted EE to get it registered but they Couldn’t/wouldn’t do it because I didn’t have an EE mobile contract. Tried plusnet but they couldn’t activate it either.

So, just for a laugh I plugged it in to my router (plusnet broadbands)  and switched on. Rapidly flashing green light and no connection. I went out and left it switched on. I did reset the box but don’t know if that achieved anything.

On my return a couple of hours later there was a solid green light on the box and five bar reception on my plusnet phone.

I might just have been lucky but it works for me!

[#3]

That's great news.

Whilst we can't directly support using the booster, we're pleased to see that once again the Community has come up trumps!

Thank you for posting about this - with any luck others will find it hugely beneficial.