Third, an AT&T Signal Boosters does 3G, 4G, LTE, and 5G while the MicroCell does only 3G. It simply reaches farther to and from the nearest cell tower, bypasses multiple interference, and brings stronger signal to your phone. So if you don't have a landline internet service nor have access to it–especially rural areas, then an AT&T booster is the best choice, since it doesn't require any type of internet or WiFi service to work. Second, unlike a MicroCell, it does not need to be connected to ANY landline internet. Think of it like a giant megaphone, it enhances the quality and strength of signal for your phone to pick up. What are AT&T MicroCell Replacements?Īn AT&T Signal Booster is actually better than an AT&T MicroCell.įirst, an AT&T Signal Booster takes your existing weak cell signals, amplifies 5G, 4G, LTE, and 3G signal up to 32X, and rebroadcasts the stronger signal into your home, office, or car. Additionally, the AT&T MicroCell allowed only specific phone numbers you had to register individually.įinally, the effective range for the device was only about 100 feet - hardly ideal for covering your whole home and giving you true comfort. Perhaps if AT&T had continued supporting the MicroCell, it would have kept up with the times, but that is not a reality we live in. With AT&T launching LTE, 4G, 5Ge, and, 5G.the MicroCell just doesn't cut it anymore. They simply have not kept up with the times. The biggest limitation of an AT&T MicroCell is that it only works on 3G signal. What are the main AT&T MicroCell Limitations? While support for existing AT&T MicroCell devices continues, it's expected to end when AT&T moves on from 3G which is expected to be around 2020-2021. This is the reason why AT&T MicroCell has been discontinued. It bypasses the middleman (AT&T MicroCell) and gives you what you need without needing additional equipment. However, the need for a MicroCell has been replaced by WiFi Calling since phones, especially smartphones, have the ability to connect directly to your router and use WiFi data for voice calls and internet. It converts your broadband landline to cell signals and vice versa. Support does what they can to help but all they have is their script to read from and are usually not very well versed in the Cell Booster at all.For Commercial Why is AT&T MicroCell Not Supported or Working Anymore?Īn AT&T MicroCell works by connecting to a broadband landline internet like Comcast, Cox, Verizon Fios, AT&T Fiber, etc. See my Cell Booster Tech Guide, link is in my sig line for all things Cell Booster related. WiFi-C is also dependent on the quality if your WiFi signal and, there is no handing off from a WiFi-C call to cellular (Cell Booster) and vice versa. Ideally, the Cell Booster works best when the outside signal is 1, 2 bars at best and you are set for LTE. If you have it set to 5G, and your incoming 5G signal is variable, that will "confuse" the phone even further. Speaking of LTE, the Cell Booster is LTE only so you should be keeping your phones on LTE. Even when we go to our friend's house across town, who have AT&T, we use their WiFi connection for WiFi-C and it works just fine. So for us, we just leave WiFi-C and WiFi enabled all of the time and keep our phones on LTE (because 5G is unreliable in our area). The other 5% of the time the outside signal will hit 3 bars and the phones will use that. There is nothing you can do to force the phone to preferentially choose one over the other, other than the Airplane Mode trick which just disables the phone's cellular radio and forces you to use WiFi-C.įor us, 95% of the time our phones stay connected and use WiFi-C. If the outside signal, which will vary inside of your home, is stronger than your WiFi signal, the phone will attempt to connect to that, and vice versa.
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