ok so here is my dilemma..... i moved into a new house last year and the ONLY option i can get for internet is stupid 1.5meg DSL..... recently i got an EVO on sprint. In our area there are 2 of clearwires "spectrum protection sites". The other day i was sitting on my deck and decided to turn on 4G and see if i could get a connection, much to my surprise it connected! i know where the two towers are and using google maps i figured out i'm a little over 6 miles from one tower and 7 miles to the other. now i do have 2 scenarios here i want to see if it will work out as i can get connected to the towers at my work as well.
sidenote: i was doing all of this signal checking with my evo, so i have no idea if the numbers would be better or worse with an actual USB modem with a better built in antenna, i'm hoping yes but thats why i'm asking
(if this is all feasible i would be getting a mobile broadband plan with a USB modem with an antenna port to do this with)
scenario 1 home;
ok so i went all around my house and up on the roof trying to find the best spot for a signal. i was in the field test menu on my phone looking at the RX POWER field. the best i could find was low 80's sometimes it would hit 79. doing speedtests i could hit over 2 meg easily and one time almost made it to 5meg down. so question 1 would be, based on those numbers, is that a good enough signal to start out with to be boosted by an antenna? also my wife doesn't really want a giant antenna on the roof, so the grid antenna would be out of the picture, unless you think it could pick up the signal in my attic? i don't have a ladder tall enough to get me up into the attic so i can't test to see if my phone would pick up a signal in there or not. the other issue would be cable run length. if i did put an antenna on the roof or in the attic i would be running the cable down to my PC in the basement (its a ranch house) so i would probably be looking at close to 100ft cable run. i did find the weirdest spot on the side of my house about 5ft high off the deck were i was getting a low 80 signal, i might be able to use this spot and it would reduce my cable run to probably a 50ft run.
scenario 2 work;
so at work its a little different i can get connected to the tower inside the building but only over by the window. there i can get a around an 83 signal. if i were to put an antenna up somewhere and run a cable and hook it to this http://www.rfwel.com/shop/Universal-...ta-Modems.html would it allow my evo to connect to 4G? i'm assuming i would need to use my EVO at work because i don't think you can get two USB modems on one plan, but i haven't checked all the way into it yet as i want to makes sure it will work at home before i get it.
anyway, any input on if you think any of this would work out would be much appreciated!!!!!
sidenote: i was doing all of this signal checking with my evo, so i have no idea if the numbers would be better or worse with an actual USB modem with a better built in antenna, i'm hoping yes but thats why i'm asking

scenario 1 home;
ok so i went all around my house and up on the roof trying to find the best spot for a signal. i was in the field test menu on my phone looking at the RX POWER field. the best i could find was low 80's sometimes it would hit 79. doing speedtests i could hit over 2 meg easily and one time almost made it to 5meg down. so question 1 would be, based on those numbers, is that a good enough signal to start out with to be boosted by an antenna? also my wife doesn't really want a giant antenna on the roof, so the grid antenna would be out of the picture, unless you think it could pick up the signal in my attic? i don't have a ladder tall enough to get me up into the attic so i can't test to see if my phone would pick up a signal in there or not. the other issue would be cable run length. if i did put an antenna on the roof or in the attic i would be running the cable down to my PC in the basement (its a ranch house) so i would probably be looking at close to 100ft cable run. i did find the weirdest spot on the side of my house about 5ft high off the deck were i was getting a low 80 signal, i might be able to use this spot and it would reduce my cable run to probably a 50ft run.
scenario 2 work;
so at work its a little different i can get connected to the tower inside the building but only over by the window. there i can get a around an 83 signal. if i were to put an antenna up somewhere and run a cable and hook it to this http://www.rfwel.com/shop/Universal-...ta-Modems.html would it allow my evo to connect to 4G? i'm assuming i would need to use my EVO at work because i don't think you can get two USB modems on one plan, but i haven't checked all the way into it yet as i want to makes sure it will work at home before i get it.
anyway, any input on if you think any of this would work out would be much appreciated!!!!!
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