If you live somewhere that has poor cell phone service, say in the radio "shadow" of a hill or way out in the sticks, there is a solution: A microcell or what cellular provider Verizon calls a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Natalie Bodrova / iStock / Getty Images As its name suggests, a Wi-Fi extender rebroadcasts an existing Wi-Fi signal. It connects ...

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If your Wi-Fi signal is struggling to reach every corner of your home, a signal booster — also known as a Wi-Fi extender — might be the fix you need. Whether you're dealing with annoying dead zones, ...

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I’ll begin this teardown with an admission: generally speaking, I’m not a big fan of wireless network extenders, though I’ve used them in the past. This pessimism is because they are bandwidth, ...

Having stopped by the FCC back in November, the newly-named Verizon Wireless Network Extender has now shown up in some staff briefing documents complete with a January 25th expected release date.

If you're looking for a quick way to extend your home network (for both wired and Wi-Fi clients) to that far corner of your home, the Actiontec Wireless Network Extender Plus Powerline Network Adapter ...

The Actiontec WCB6200Q Wireless Network Extender ($149.99) is the first networking device we've tested that uses Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) technology to bring wired and wireless ...

T-Mobile US is giving customers free devices that boost network coverage in and around their homes, with one caveat: the device lets anyone in the immediate area use the customer’s Internet bandwidth.