How to find the best network coverage of your life

With just about every phone available on just about every network these days, the choice of mobile provider has become headline news again. It's no longer a case of which phone am I going to buy as which service am I going to use it on.

It may be less scientific but there's a lot to be said for anecdotal evidence when it comes to mobile phone reception. The difference is that users will have spent plenty of timing living with their particular networks and can give you a decent general impression of whether they feel like they get a good service compared to those around them who may have had more or less luck at making calls in a range of given areas. Bear in mind that they might not have a particular good antenna on their phone, so make sure you gather more than just the one opinion.

The tragedy is that some households are in mobile reception blackspots or charcoal spots at the very best and any mobile phone on any network is going to have issues in that location. Your last resort on these fronts are extra devices to help boost your signals. These come in the shape of femtocells which are boxes you connect to your router that work as private mini mobile masts for your and your family.