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@Maywek

2 жыл бұрын

ok give me a hug first

@PencilNavigator

2 жыл бұрын

can we all take some time and appreciate how good ltt videos are?

@seanbrockest3888

2 жыл бұрын

You're definitely getting a referral credit from me!

@thevirenhooda

2 жыл бұрын

Use vowifi

@adibafiq6945

2 жыл бұрын

Hey linus this is JOHN CENA!!!!

I worked at the iCloud server build for Apple in North Carolina and they put something like this in that building. Without it, cell service did not exist.

@clancarmichael

2 жыл бұрын

So did I. Lol Maiden?

@Vladut9091

2 жыл бұрын

@@themisir nope

@robotman011

2 жыл бұрын

Cool

@ncasale79

2 жыл бұрын

@@clancarmichael haha yeah man. I worked for Siemens. We had the hvac system in that building. at the time they were doing the first of what was to be mirrored redundant buildings.

@clancarmichael

2 жыл бұрын

@Nick Casale oh cool. I was break/fix, roaming around the servers. Fun place to work. Security was bonkers.

It's so weird, and probably telling, that I get so much satisfaction from seeing a company ACTUALLY provide service. Like, man, how do you get so lucky

@JakeLoeppky

2 жыл бұрын

By telling them you'll tell 14mil people about them... Lol

@Airbag888

2 жыл бұрын

You're seeing the result of a lot of failed calls here. It's call it perseverance rather than luck 😀

@MickSkitz

2 жыл бұрын

@@Airbag888 I wonder if some of those companies dodge this to avoid bad publicity of their products not working as intended

@nakko6624

2 жыл бұрын

They even have branded cookies lol

@bobguy6542

2 жыл бұрын

They were probably given someone's cell phone number

Linus has turned his tech channel into a home improvement channel. I'm ok with this

@SirFrag32

2 жыл бұрын

A *tech* home improvement channel, lol.

@kylewitter2806

Жыл бұрын

Especially since I might be buying my first home within a couple months

@va1entin

8 ай бұрын

@@kylewitter2806hopefully that all went well congratulations

@caboose2016

5 ай бұрын

Using a cell booster system with a MSRP of 20K USD

@avroarchitect1793

5 ай бұрын

@@caboose2016 yes and? He's wealthy. And in the expensive part of BC.

Huge props to whoever did the editing of this one for doing such a good job on the blurring! Must have been tricky/tedious considering things moving around the shot

@JohnDoe-wq5eu

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah that was a lot blurring/pixelation.

@humy20

2 жыл бұрын

I wonder how long till somebody found the house. You cant keep that secret too long

@lifeinhd4053

2 жыл бұрын

@@humy20 Someone already has. When he first revealed it, he did not show the exterior at all. Then he was answering some superchats regarding it and someone commented that the roof looked like it needed replacing and he said "oh yeah it definitely does" not even realizing that meant someone had already found it, heh.

It would be great if you could give a summary of the tech upgrades you would recommend in homes. Most smart-home tech can get complex once you add a lot of brands and some tech is gimmicky. Seeing what you may do for average consumers would help.

@AthanImmortal

2 жыл бұрын

Just to say someone asked this on the Wan Show podcast (from the 4th of feb 2022 I think), and Linus' response was "Honestly, if you don't know you need it, then you don't need it." With that said, I think a round up of what *he* did and why would make a great video and might inspire others.

@Ravix0fFourHorn

2 жыл бұрын

if he does that a lot of promotional "doors" might close, especially from the gimmicky stuff. Thats probably why he is going to give a non-answer about it.

@JDumbroski

2 жыл бұрын

@@AthanImmortal That’s a reasonable response, but for many people we might not even know what’s out there and reputable. Linus plans his smarthome tech in the perspective of a professional for his use case. Linus upgrades with “needs” in mind while many consumers could benefit smart tech that’s not task-essential, but can improve daily tasks/home inconveniences.

@soccerguy2433

2 жыл бұрын

smart home tech and IoT is so immature and segmented that it's not worth adopting, IMO

@BradenJohnYoung

2 жыл бұрын

YES

Hahaha, the Waveform folks are probably fans of LTT. What an amazing way to advertise the quality of your company and product 👍🏼

@dertythegrower

2 жыл бұрын

That is how to properly advertise.. its called native advertising.. celebrities are usually not very good at that, like loganpaul and mayweather for example..

@dertythegrower

2 жыл бұрын

and yes, if i had ten million for advertisers, like a kartrashian or apple, any person gets popular when you spend 8 figures for your event to get noticed

@MsSgent

2 жыл бұрын

And a LOT of IT or IT adjacent people watch (or are aware of LTT). When they need to spec this for an office building or hospital in 6 months...

@RDR911

2 жыл бұрын

Kinda a shame LTT didn’t disclose that they sponsored this video as well as seesonic, but Linus has been getting scummier and scummier lately, so I shouldn’t be surprised.

Here in Europe we make buildings out of concrete and bricks. This is the first time I've heard of cellular coverage issues in a building not in the wilderness for over 15 years. Still, this was quite an informative video.

@johnbuscher

2 жыл бұрын

It depends on the bands, frequencies have different penetration properties so some cell frequencies will be fine through concrete, but some will be blocked and usually it’s the long-range frequencies that are blocked.

@tooplanx

2 жыл бұрын

In the UK most residential buildings are make with brick.

@davidklein1245

2 жыл бұрын

I big part of that is the density of cell towers around here. Unless you are right in dense population areas you can have some relatively dicey cell coverage - mainly because of NIMBY folks that don't want a tower anywhere nearby. So even though the tower density may be 'enough' when outside, the signal is low enough (or has enough noise) that it doesn't take much to make it unusable. If you look at the Greater Vancouver area on a tower map, you'll notice that Surrey (where LMG is) has many voids.

@_Fug

2 жыл бұрын

Now compare your country size to the us

@ApusApus

2 жыл бұрын

Europe, residential area in a capital city, wooden house. 4G is mostly servicible untill the phone for some reason decides 3G is better, and then goes to carp. 3G coverage is so bad that it immediately drops down to 2G or entirely and just stays there untill a restart (or airplane mode on/off). After reconnecting, 4G works fine.

Linus, you need to make these videos longer. I know your entire subscriber base watches your videos all the way through. We need more content on videos like these.

@kusucks991

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it felt like we were about half way through the project when the video ended. I literally felt confused for a moment.

It is funny to see you guys mentioning concrete as something uncommon. In Europe we don’t have dry walls - our homes are just bricks and concrete so Wi-Fi range is terrible and adding cabling is a nightmare :).

@PotatoRankEX

2 жыл бұрын

Yuppp.

@thiccbaron

2 жыл бұрын

Don't they have VoltE so you can receive calls via wifi?

@dawidszyszko

2 жыл бұрын

@@thiccbaron cellular is usually not a problem for me but routers are having trouble going concrete walls with metal rods inside them. Load bearing walls are like that here. Rest of walls is build with a kind of bricks and Wi-Fi does not have a problem there.

@JJFlores197

2 жыл бұрын

@@thiccbaron He mentions that it depends on the carrier and phone. I don't know about Canadian cell providers, but AT&T in the US has wifi calling, but only for phones that you purchase from them, iPhones, or phones specifically whitelisted for wifi calling. I have a OnePlus 9 pro. If I move over to AT&T, I can't use wifi calling because AT&T doesn't allow it even though the phone itself supports wifi calling. Its a mess.

@freelancer42

2 жыл бұрын

Actually we have a lot of wooden houses and drywall here in Sweden. We have brick and concrete houses too of course, especially apartment and public buiildings.

Waveform is awesome. We ended up switching our ISP from the local monopoly to Tmobile and... well we had service issues. Ended up finding Waveform and getting an antenna to hook up directly into the Tmobile provided 5g router. Never actually called their customer service, but from their packing materials I was impressed by their level of care shown in their instructions and online resources.

@matthewd9356

2 жыл бұрын

I've been curious about doing a cell booster at my house but in our case the cell signal is just bad period because we're in a hilly, forested area.

@teslagasoline5629

2 жыл бұрын

did you get a cookie?? I also switched from my very shitty local isp to Tmobile! Will never regret paying $10 less for over x8 DL and x70 UP

@TheCobruhAlienat0r

2 жыл бұрын

@@matthewd9356 I have a cell booster from Verizon and it doesn't require an outside antenna, it just has a small GPS antenna that you sit near a window and you connect it to an open ethernet port on your router and it boost the signal via your internet connection, I believe the GPS signal thing is just so that emergency services can get a location from your call when your phone is connected to the booster.

@JohnAdams-qc2ju

2 жыл бұрын

Certain cases it might be better then a physical line isp (either small cable or dsl providers using docsis 2.0 or whatever the old dsl versions are) if their network is so slow and always going down. Downside is most are capped at 5GB a month and is basically $50 per additional 5GB block. Therefore, businesses who need it with limited bandwidth use it is ideal. However, for home use or biz using a lot of data traffic use cell as a WAN2 backup only with heavy filtering/shaping to only get must need items have internet when WAN1 is down. End of the day I dislike your comment since it isn't a viaable option for home use unless you dont use much data or can spends hundreds a month on data. - Network Engineer who specializes in every type of WAN connection possible and LAN side for getting businesses up and running. Ideally if you can't get good internet the best best option is a WISP setup you make yourself (see if there is fiber to any house/biz around a few miles with line of sight where you can see if they will allow you to get a separate fiber line (or cable or to share their line but note isps might see this as reselling it so do it at your own risk) put in and host the ISP Box (and power) and a dish (and power) and point it to your house/biz dish and you can get decent internet. Often times the power for the isp box and dish isn't much but offer the host site like $50/month for the power and hosting the box+dish. Of course a friend or family house is better since most wouldn't care of the $10/m for the power and you can have that circuit in your name and pay for it. Besides the normal circuit cost plus (free to $50/m to allow another house/biz to do this) it is an ideal way of getting decent speed and not a crap data cap. The parts is like 2x ubnt dishes, some cabling, ant mounts 2x) could be done as low as $300 for 50-100mbps link to $1500 for better dishes. Of course if you don't need much of a data cap then cell is easier and cheaper and doesn't have to make a 1-3year contract with a host site and ensure they provide you access if you need to trouble shoot the equipment - but if you have nice neighbors and small local biz around then normally isn't too bad. I could go on forever and use cases, etc but you'd have to hire me for my time.

@aleksbiteman5324

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnAdams-qc2ju Tmobile Home Internet works great for me in a rural area, I regularly use 1TB/month of data with no throttling and get speeds of 50/down at minimum. All for $50/mo with no equipment charges.

Linus: Complains about actual floors and buys a cell repeater. Me, living in Germany: Yeah, even those are illegal here :(

@MethmalDhananjaya

2 жыл бұрын

wait what? but why?

@kdmion

2 жыл бұрын

As a person that lives in Europe as well, and everything is bricks and concrete, how the flippedy fuck do I get full bars on the ground floor of our building.

@fakuri913

2 жыл бұрын

@@kdmion American cellular tower isn't design for concrete

@ThadMiller1

2 жыл бұрын

@@MethmalDhananjaya You need a licence, but you dont get one. ^^

@kuchenmustermann6191

2 жыл бұрын

@@MethmalDhananjaya apperently it's not outright illegal, but you can be fined if because of your cell repeaters for example your neighbors have worse cell reception i.e. your cell repeater interferes with the main cellular network.

its good to see linus showing us what new tech they are installing and how good the service the company provide

Imagine being a realtor trying to explain the additions to this house to a potential buyer if Linus decided to sell the house. "Why are there outlets 8feet up the wall in each of the 4 corners in the living room?" "Oh that's in case you wanted to install base stations for a VR headset" "Okay and what does this one of twenty electronic wall panels do?" "Oh that one lets you know if your shark fin is pointed in the right direction".

@evolicious

2 жыл бұрын

TBF, the way VR is going, a lot of people are looking for homes that have a room that can dedicated to VR. I even have a friend that built his house last year that built a dedicated VR room as well.

@ChrisElm

2 жыл бұрын

@@evolicious I would fucking love a VR room. Just a big empty space and no furniture to walk into

@ThylineTheGay

2 жыл бұрын

@Jeffry Chen why? A good house can last centuries if designed well

@ATBZ

2 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisElm my ideal vr room is one of those paddes cells they throw insane people in

@ChrisElm

2 жыл бұрын

@@ATBZ that's just my ideal room in general

Jake is quickly becoming the main reason I watch the vlog-style LTT videos

@s--b

2 жыл бұрын

It's just like impressive how much he knows about everything lol

@frenchpressme

2 жыл бұрын

Quote: "Linus is the reason I have trust issues."

@unostopcardxd7199

2 жыл бұрын

@@s--b even more impressive that Jake was hired when he was still in high school according to what Linus said during one of their livestreams.

@YKSGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Most of the time he serves as a good stand in for my inner voice wanting to tell Linus he is wrong in the middle of a video.

@s--b

2 жыл бұрын

@@djhokage1 you should try not being a buzzkill

you know it's a big house when you see literally 5 toilets just sitting in the garage waiting to be installed. linus is ballin.

This is probably the most useful LTT video this year for IT people. The number of times I've heard complaints from people who can't use their cellular phone in a new age building is extremely high.

the way jake heckles you, as if he was you son, is just fantastic. I love you and jake being in more videos together with this series. Reminds me just of myself and my dad. Love it.

@tudalex

2 жыл бұрын

The only remaining question is when Linus will adopt Jake

@Ayane13b

2 жыл бұрын

@@tudalex Lol. Its no longer IF, its WHEN. I love it.

@TheJw1191

2 жыл бұрын

It seems like Jake's already moving in haha

@ES315

2 жыл бұрын

This series might be about Linus' house, but imo Jake is the star.

With the increase in Linus based DIY, I'm going to enjoy the inevitable "Linus Medical Equipment Tips" episodes.

@hcol47

2 жыл бұрын

Settle down. They aren't in the US.

@noodlelynoodle.

2 жыл бұрын

Linus insurance fraud tips

@DavidMorseMusic

2 жыл бұрын

DIY colonoscopy guide when?!

10:50 Linus: "Okay, how does it look?" Jake: "Awful!" A-tier content

I love watching these videos of tech upgrading your home. Keep them coming.

For those of us that actually own homes, I love content like this. You get to keep making headway on your living space and monetize it to pay your peeps, and I get something to watch while I'm working that's actually interesting.

@RandomUser2401

2 жыл бұрын

the way of censoring even the outside walls is getting to a ridiculous level. If you want to monetize outside projects of your house then to it properly not with 2/3 of the screen constantly blurred. People are anyways going to figure out where he lives sooner or later, it's simply a matter of time.

@viciokas1993

2 жыл бұрын

@@RandomUser2401 How would people figure it out unless they literally followed him home IRL? The OPSec is just doing due diligence to make sure some idiots from across the world don't start SWATting his house (or whatever the Canadian equivalent of SWAT is).

@RandomUser2401

2 жыл бұрын

@@viciokas1993 if you combine all the references from the videos released so far plus a bit of local knowledge is probs already enough.

@SivaKanthSharma

2 жыл бұрын

@@viciokas1993 doxxers can figure out a lot about their target from collecting and correlating a number of seemingly innocuous statements, which add up.

@Carterthielftw_

2 жыл бұрын

@@RandomUser2401 its really not that bad, nothing of any importance is blurred, and its only for 3 mins of the video

Every one of these videos makes me wish for a Linus and Jake buddy cop show. I love the dynamic you guys have.

@jasonnemeck7351

2 жыл бұрын

I'd have fired Jake years ago. At least, never put him on camera ever again.

@natalie5947

2 жыл бұрын

They have the same dynamic as Linus and Luke, it's a really good one. Same reason I like watching the WAN show.

@timbermonson

2 жыл бұрын

@@jasonnemeck7351 why?

@HoloScope

2 жыл бұрын

@@jasonnemeck7351 Jake is cool tho 😎

@nordern1

2 жыл бұрын

Linus Crime Tips

I gotta tell my dad to work with this company in his next house, he’s a general contractor (construction) and he does a lot of sourcing with companies. He’d definitely like this cause he’s talked about alot of houses he’s built not having good cell coverage because here in florida all the houses are fully concrete due to the amount of hurricanes and tropical storms we have.

@l0gic23

Жыл бұрын

Has he put it in a house yet?

Huge props to everyone doing their part in sponsor blocking multiple segments of this.

Waveform has the absolute best customer service! I have never received better from any business in any industry. I installed their Celfi X and they walked me through all issues. I strongly recommend them if you’re looking for a cell boosting solution. I’m super rural and they recommend the perfect system after we did a bunch of testing. Can’t say enough good things.

@MarcusC92

2 жыл бұрын

That's awesome!

I love the chemistry between Linus and Jake. Whenever these two are together, those are my favorite videos.

@TheMightyZwom

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, right? They act more like brothers or close friends (helping each other but also messing with each other constantly) than like a boss and his employee :D

@paulthompson6579

2 жыл бұрын

Linus you should do a Likes and Views count of Jake and Anthony videos. Im betting they are the highest two employees along with your self

@jonathaneriksson9273

2 жыл бұрын

@@paulthompson6579 It's also that they are they most knowledgeable employees. Some of the other employees like Alex convince Linus to spend hundred of thousand of dollars on equipment that he thinks he can use after watching KZread videos of others, this is why they are always shit and he's never made anything successful in over 30 videos. I honestly don't know how he's still and some of the other engineer student dropouts...

@allanshpeley4284

2 жыл бұрын

I get the sense that Jake is related to Linus or somehow close to the family. Linus definitely treats Jake differently than the other employees and Jake has a bit of an "I'll say and do what I want" attitude, like he's unfirable. There are other other staff that are far more competent - take Anthony for example - who Linus treats less like a friend and more like an employee.

@TheMightyZwom

2 жыл бұрын

@@allanshpeley4284 Well, if I remember correctly they did share a house/flat at some point? I think they just go waaay back and are maybe friends since childhood. That would explain their behaviour well.

Good on Waveform for being so quick to respond and helpful!

always love your solutions Linus!

Jake & Linus is great entertainment. Craving for more of this duo.

@georgedicu7397

2 жыл бұрын

Agree!!!

@runeseeker993

2 жыл бұрын

Just need jake and yvonne house collab vids, cause linus is no longer really a voice in that house it seems, and linus was worried about dennis

@Platinum_Squid

2 жыл бұрын

I would watch that HGTV show

That feeling when working as a tech for a cell company people would just complain about bad indoor signal. If only every customer was like Linus and dropped 3K and a dozen hours on an extensive repeater setup and wire running. What chumps.

@megaangelic

2 жыл бұрын

A decade ago I lived somewhere with poor 3G signal, due to the heating & insulation in my house, like Linus. My provider just sent me a super simple device to plug into my router, which gave me perfect 3G signal, but via the broadband connection. Seems a much easier solution than repeating the signal, took a total of 20 seconds to install. Perhaps Linus' provider doesnt do them.

@Amorousstake4

2 жыл бұрын

Get some repeaters for entire locality with funding instead

@pileofstuff

2 жыл бұрын

At least they didn't use the cheapest booster they could find on Amazon. Those cause no end of problems.

@zahedchowdhury0

2 жыл бұрын

@@megaangelic many providers have stopped doing these now.

@DouglasWalrath

2 жыл бұрын

@@megaangelic these stopped because of security issues, people could sniff the traffic that was going over the network and since any phone nearby would connect to them malicious people could mine a lot of data

Love the new home videos, super cool 👍

So I decided to run a speedtest comparing Verizon to AT&T here at the airport in Austin, TX. Seeing my friend pull 170+MBPS on AT&T while I struggle to maintain 3MBPS just hurts my head so much. Congrats Linus

I actually have been looking into doing something like this for both my house and my dad's business, so I'm really happy to see that you did a video on it. I'll definitely be checking them out soon, and seeing if I can finally resolve their cell phone issues!

@Moist_Accident

2 жыл бұрын

You may want to be sure this will be the solution. If your service outside of the house is terrible, this won't solve the issue.

@bourne_

2 жыл бұрын

@@Moist_Accident It can still be somewhat better because the antenna at the top spot of the house (at least it should be).

@jairtzinio

2 жыл бұрын

Depending on the cellphone service provider you have they can provide you with what's referred to as a cellspot which just uses your internet and generates a 4g lte signal. Sprint used to have one that they would give to businesses to help with this as well. If it weren't for the cellspot i have there is absolutely no way I'd have any service at home.

@Moist_Accident

2 жыл бұрын

@@bourne_ a directional antenna with a slight elevation will only do so much. And even then, this solution requires that antenna to have a pretty clear reception. Climb a tree. Use a ladder. But if you are getting less than than optimal reception, expect that. This isn't adding a node. This is a repeater catching numerous signals that are absolute chonkers on the spectrum.

@dylanevans5644

2 жыл бұрын

@@Moist_Accident A correctly placed directional antenna is significantly better than the tiny ones you hold in your hand. I use both directional and omnidirectional antennas to improve hotspot WiFi at work and they can improve a barely connecting 1 bar signal to a stable signal with good speeds. It is obviously situation dependent, but it is incorrect to suggest a poor signal on a phone cannot be dramatically improved with an antenna that's 100x the size and focussed on a specific area.

Not sure if anyone's said this before, but you can use NetMonster or OpenSignal to find the closest tower, and the latter has a compass feature if I'm not wrong. Hope this helps!

@Tobias611

2 жыл бұрын

Closest tower doesn't necessarily mean best signal, direct line of sight beats distance. So you definitely want to take that into consideration as well, and if none are in direct los you go with whichever has the least stuff in the way...

@Samuel.55

2 жыл бұрын

Does open signal work based of recorded data or the phone calculating the distance, if it’s the latter then it would make sense to follow the phone as it takes obstacles into account when determining where the best signal strength comes from.

@JohlBrown

2 жыл бұрын

@@Samuel.55 recorded data, I used it a few months ago. It gets cell IDs from a database and points in the direction of whichever you're connected to based on GPS/ID

@mrlockermanmy

2 жыл бұрын

I prefer CellMapper (although in some areas it has less data compared to opensignal). You can actually contribute to its map (web/app) by contributing points & locate it to its correct location in its map OpenSignal does not associate indiviual sectors (cell id) with a gNB (5G)/eNB (LTE)/NB (3G) like CellMapper btw... basically for example there could be actually only one or two towers around that area whereas OpenSignal claims to have several towers in its map Also if you guys decided want to map cellular tower & coverage using CellMapper (only Android atm), please consider supporting them for 3 CAD/month (via PayPal)... yes, CellMapper is Canadian-owned & the onwer is living in Vancouver, same as Linus

The first rule of any access point install or in this case cell booster install. Is have your network cable installers give you a certification report or certify each cable. Its amazing how often a cable is improperly terminated or contractors damaged the cable during construction.

This was fascinating to watch, truly a rare topic no one talks about. As always, thanks for sharing

Linus, can Jake just be your personal assistant so that he's always around you and in every video? The odd couple energy you guys have is fantastic.

@andrewgehling6566

2 жыл бұрын

I can't support this idea. Leave Jake behind the camera and get Anthony in the videos.

@CHEF-yh4cx

2 жыл бұрын

@@wobbled5609 hes really smart and knowledgeable but yeah i generally agree

@flopana5762

2 жыл бұрын

Jake is Linus' work husband.

@andrewgehling6566

2 жыл бұрын

@@wobbled5609 I stand by my statement. I can't stand Jake in the videos. He doesn't seem like he compliments Linus' on-screen persona, but is constantly trying to take over the video.

@MarcSherwood

2 жыл бұрын

I vote for Linus and Jake to trick out a tiny home and life in it for a month together.

Linus's house has so much stuff in it that solves problems I would just deal with and think nothing of, it's great.

@levelup1279

2 жыл бұрын

Like running upstairs to get a better signal on calls or going to one side of the bed to get better wifi. Ah problems, their so much fund to deal with.

We use Cel-fi units in our work vehicles. They’ve saved my bacon countless times while out in very remote areas of my country. They’re amazing

i love having seen non stop jake as i've been bingeing this playlist. he's such a cool dude.

Keep the house updates coming, I am currently renovating a house and I like to see what other people are doing (not just the technology)

This is great! Just came here to tell you there are now also windows built with radio transparent insulated glass, which is probably a great idea if you're in the planning stages of building a new home. If your house is already built and the windows are in good condition, a repeater solution like this is of course the preferable choice.

@TroublesomeOwl

2 жыл бұрын

Huh, what a cool concept

@carlkolthoff5402

2 жыл бұрын

@@TroublesomeOwl Yeah, I agree! Not sure if it's available on the consumer market yet. But the company I work for did install 18 of them for a client last year for testing and evaluation purposes. (Disclaimer: We're not really in the window selling business, so this is not a marketing plug or anything like that).

@37racso

2 жыл бұрын

Windows don’t usually account for the majority of signal loss - concrete walls and ceilings, multiple floors, really bad geographical location do and sadly there is very little that can be done outside of moving to a different place really. Cell boosters help, but happen to be illegal in many places unfortunately

@carlkolthoff5402

2 жыл бұрын

@@37racso while all those factors you mention definitely makes a huge impact, I'd say it's also a matter of house design trends. At least where I live, it's very popular to build new houses with huge windows, like floor to ceiling, wall to wall-sized windows. Not in every room obviously, but second floor living rooms and such. And they're usually triple glazed and equipped with some sort of thin metal film to reflect UV light. Unfortunately they also reflect radio waves pretty well, so in those houses I'd say it could make a big difference for usable signal or no signal. But in the end it will of course be up to the architect and contractor to look in to the specifics of each individual building and location.

@37racso

2 жыл бұрын

@@carlkolthoff5402 Oh I mean if we're talking super modern housing with glass doors and windows and sometimes even walls then I'm sure that starts to matter a lot more. I meant more in terms of the traditional houses with relatively small window to wall surface area ratio. In the instances you described I'm sure it makes a bigger difference

very entertaining stuff! home videos are my favorite.

Haha - out of all your ads, you guessed wrong. I *AM* an accountant. Thanks for the quality and interesting content.

I find it funny how they are censoring the house when that dong and sharkfin will be identifiable from space

@ChristopherGray00

2 жыл бұрын

@Alfa i omega and boom bam just like that you are reported for spam

@weker01

2 жыл бұрын

@@ChristopherGray00 Don't engage them just report. Replying to them may make the algo think that they may be actual users

@SaberRattlerII

2 жыл бұрын

@Alfa i omega yes

@SaberRattlerII

2 жыл бұрын

@@weker01 no

@rightwingsafetysquad9872

2 жыл бұрын

Don't be no bitch, report for terrorism.

I'd love it if LTT's video titles became a little more descriptive so I could find old videos with reasonable success!

Great episode!

Awesome find guys. Saving this video for future reference.

I installed a simular solution a year ago or so in the middle of nowhere. Before the install customer had mostly no reception and barely being able to make a phone call when standing close to window. After install he had 140-150mbit down and up over 4G. Outside you could get maybe a 100mbit and on the roof you got 150mbit. Customer was finally able to take orders via phone and their payment terminals worked.

@adoksym

2 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: in Germany you are not allowed to use cell repeaters.

@WarBringerLT

2 жыл бұрын

@@adoksym Why?

@adoksym

2 жыл бұрын

@@WarBringerLT My best guess would be possible interference problems. Germany has regulations for everything. You can ask for permission from the network operating companies (good luck with that). If you install such a device on your own you run the risk of being fined (6000 USD or more).

@TheMightyZwom

2 жыл бұрын

@@adoksym But I've noticed that I have good cell reception inside elevators in Germany. Elevators are metal boxes, basically; so I always assumed they have cell repeaters (e.g. for emergencies). Do they have a special permit for that?

@tonyjohansson8395

2 жыл бұрын

@@Bratfalken Funny thing. There was no phone line ever to this building. Most homes that are close have fiber. The building I did the install on were storage for boats up until a few years ago. I would agree that Telia sucks ass for cutting phone lines to most homes without having installed fiber to replace it.

Growing up we had Sprint in a SUPER RURAL AREA. Literally 200 Kbps.. 0-1 bars at all times. I swear I always was so interested in repeaters because of that. love the vid!

a lot of these vids are inspiring some ideas to incorporate in my "dream house".

Hey I've installed dozens of these Cel-Fi units. They are a top notch vendor and this stuff just works. We've installed them where signal outside was almost nothing and it managed to pull in plenty usable signal, with the right donor antenna, and phones inside the building just started dinging with missed messages and calls. Cel-Fi just WORKS!

As someone who owns a Cel-Fi unit, I can probably explain a few things. 1) The reason your uplink was so high is because it is much, much easier for your phone to push your data back through the Cel-Fi system than it is to receive it given the distances involved (a few miles to the tower, a few feet from your phone). When I used mine with T-Mobile, there were many times where my upload was consistently higher than my download. The second thing: dialing in the frequencies used in your area is essential. These systems can lock in on two or three frequencies at a time, but they will waste tons of time scanning all possible frequencies to find the right ones, and if the signal cuts out for any reason, it will start over. When I set up the Cel-Fi Wave app, I originally locked it to one signal only (735MHz I believe), and it worked flawlessly all last year. It only stopped working because T-Mobile then changed the frequency at the tower to 1980MHz, meaning I have to take the antenna from inside the attic and move it outside (lower frequencies can penetrate buildings, and where I live gets lots of snow, so at the time, keeping it inside was the better solution).

@destiny_02

2 жыл бұрын

Even without any repeater, my upload speeds are twice as much as download speeds

@Airbag888

2 жыл бұрын

I have a cel fi locked to 1 provider.. Now I changed and wish I could unlock it. If there's a way please let me know 🙏

@MarcusC92

2 жыл бұрын

@@Airbag888 you should be able to change the carrier using the WAVE app. Maybe reach out to the team at Waveform.

@tedjohansen1634

2 жыл бұрын

No.. the backhaul is saturated with downloads, not uploads. There is almost always easier to get high upload speeds vs download.

@tmillerau

Жыл бұрын

You are totally incorrect... Ted explained the upload vs download discrepancy... it's a congested tower... ie too many people trying to connect at once

I did the cellular install on one of the skyscrapers in Melbourne about a decade ago and it was one of the coolest jobs I ever did. The backbone coax cable was really stiff and chonky af, about 5 cm diameter with a hollow inner copper conductor that was SOOOOOO easy to kink and ruin a run of a hundred metres while trying to make a bend. Had one of my favourite days on the job ever though. The cable drums were massive, about two thirds of my height. And being an under construction skyscraper, the only way between floors with them was the alimak. The floor I had to move the drums from was only serviced by a single of the four alimaks and was halfway up the building, so every time it went past in either direction it was too full to get on. Spent half a day waiting for a ride up two floors.

Thank you Linus!!! I neeeded this

Great show !

I will forever love Riley but Jake has been so good during the home build. 😂😂😂

@dertythegrower

2 жыл бұрын

Jake knows his stuff...Dude riley reminds me of Disney channel acting..ungenuine overexaggerated child acting lol

This makes me glad that I live in the Netherlands. Although most houses are brick and mortar, the country is so densely populated and small that cell and wifi coverage is nearly 100%. And the ISP I have actually deliverers the promised speeds on cable. So that's a plus too. I do have a mesh network for the best wifi coverage on all floors of my house.

@freakysnuke2571

2 жыл бұрын

You also don't have things like terrain and stuff

@hoihallo2904

2 жыл бұрын

@@freakysnuke2571 True, it's almost completely flat here. Almost no obstructions.

@ApusApus

2 жыл бұрын

*Chougsumerprotectinschough*

This video is useless for the vast majority of even this audience...yet we love every second of it! Love these home videos.

What this is incredible I did not even know that existed! Can't wait to know the speed with the antenna calibrated!

"Branded cookie...that's next level" How long do you figure before LTT cookies hit the store? 🙃

@erlend1554

2 жыл бұрын

I think he said something about not wanting to deal with the fda but id love it

4:30 A new member has joined the family! After the LCD display, the HDD drive, and the HTTP protocol, make room for the brand new POE ethernet!

@666Tomato666

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget about the SSD drives!

@levygaming3133

2 жыл бұрын

@@666Tomato666 or the ATM machine

@patemathic

2 жыл бұрын

@@levygaming3133 or the TPM module

@alanhilder1883

2 жыл бұрын

Power Over Ethernet ethernet?...

@Mellie036

2 жыл бұрын

Next up, LTT Tips?

jake : gibberish editor : "i have no effin clue" 100% LTT and love it.

This is a very cool video TBH a good cell booster is underrated!! Watching at this point is like school now; every video I learn something new and I'm here for it!

6:48 Love the subtitles, hahahha "I have no effin clue"

@RyanFennec

2 жыл бұрын

Ikr lmao

@REAL-UNKNOWN-SHINOBI

Жыл бұрын

If you turned on the actual subtitles it will say, Jake speaks gibberish

Linus: Nothing can fix the cell reception in the basement. *Waveform took it personally*

How much do you want to bet that Waveform is loving the access to 14.3million viewers while all the other manufacturers are kicking themselves in their arses!!

LTT Home/House videos of house upgrades/construction are literally the best xD

Watching this vid with interest. We used to have the internet-based signal boosters at our place, but AT&T discontinued them after it was discovered that it messed with their DSL service (to the point that it took down a whole region repeatedly). We tried adding some Amazon-bought boosters, which kind of worked, til AT&T had a service rep stop by with an angry letter saying our boosters were negatively affecting reception in the entire area. We tried a booster that the rep said AT&T signed off on, and it mostly works, but doesn't reach the full length of half our house. I haven't tried it in recent times, but the WiFi calling features sucked when they originally came out cause the phone would switch mid-call to any even sliiightly decent cell signal, then drop the call as soon as the cell signal crapped out.

@krophiquon

2 жыл бұрын

my phone now has a setting in the wi-fi calling options to "prefer wi-fi" so it doesnt' jump to cell connections if it detects one.

@girlsdrinkfeck

2 жыл бұрын

@@krophiquon i was confused why linus just dont use wifi calling its been out for a LOOOONG time

@girlsdrinkfeck

2 жыл бұрын

@gürkan mehmetoglou I'm in UK

@chrisgraham6031

2 жыл бұрын

@@girlsdrinkfeck Mentions it at the 2 minute mark

@girlsdrinkfeck

2 жыл бұрын

@@chrisgraham6031 so why not use it

The pure vibe going on between Linus and Jake is absolutely precious

You guys have too much fun!

Nice to see waveform, they are pretty nice company!

I love how for 90% of the American content having a "concrete" home is a problem Meanwhile I'm here in my concrete house having full 5g bars because where i live(Puerto Rico) cellphone companies actually account for the concrete structures and make the towers better at building penetration

@bethelscrubs2549

2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if because of the increased traffic such as population, cell, wifi, air traffic control, satellite(MTU's for cable internet), etc, that they have to reduce the strength of the signals so as to not cause interference. My bet is regulations cause weaker signals here, whereas in Puerto Rico, there's not as much red tape so they can pump out the signal.

@thebaker8637

2 жыл бұрын

​@@bethelscrubs2549 There's a couple reasons why this doesn't happen often. What you want to do when you have bad signal reception as a carrier is install more transmitters. Boosting the signal of your existing towers gives you marginal benefits and a lot of disadvantages. Incidentally, this is true for all wireless communication (like WiFi), not just cell towers. Why? The main one is physical limits. A cell phone tower consumes quite a bit of power when it's transmitting -- around 50 watts in an urban area. Because a tower radiates in (almost) all directions doubling the tower's output power does not give you twice the range. Due to the inverse square law you need four times the power to get a 2x boost in signal reach, sixteen times the power to get a 4x boost, etc. (In real life a cell tower is what we call a non-isotropic radiator as it tends to be placed on a vantage point so it does not need to broadcast in all directions, which helps with this.) A company will not pay four times as much money to get a 2x boost unless it's absolutely essential. There is also a hard limit of 100W which cell towers cannot exceed in urban areas. The other problem is interference. The issue is not with other users -- carriers have a dedicated band of the spectrum from a government so there should be no interference from other transmitters (unlike with the 2.4 GHz unregulated band used by WiFi, Zigbee, microwave ovens, etc.). There is, however, the issue of interference from other nearby cells. You want to make sure that each customer has a single preferential cell tower to connect to at any given point. Boosting the power of each of your towers will cause issues with handoff and leads to more pollution of the band.

@bethelscrubs2549

2 жыл бұрын

@@thebaker8637 The only place I have cell phone data issues is near the phone store(there are 3 provider stores in a 2 block section of a super busy area.) Whenever I leave that area, a mile or two, I must connect to a different tower, whereas when I'm in the busy area, it feels like there are too many users for the urban tower at one time so there's a lot of people in queue. But as far as why the cell service suffers through concrete here, but not in Puerto Rico, it could also be the copper piping for the heating solution acting like a Faraday cage.

@niteshkumarpatel

2 жыл бұрын

Same in india.

@Surtistuff

2 жыл бұрын

Well yeah.. why would cell phones companies spend time and money to account for concrete homes in a place where there are very few

Fascinating stuff, very cool tech

I like the intro’s message, “cell tower inside his house” Gave me a big smile.

Lovin the home builds keep them coming. Can’t wait till you smartify your whole house up hope you’re enjoying every moment as the home is being remodeled.

From a european perspective it is pretty funny how you have to explain that there is concrete in the floors. In europe this is the standard in pretty much all houses.

@jtowensbyiii6018

2 жыл бұрын

Almost all homes have concrete UNDER the house and wood flooring ontop in America

" linus is the reason I have trust issues " I have GOT to stop drinking coffee when i watch these two, my keyboard gets sprayed every time :)

Linus seems like a fun person to work for, color me jealous.

Linus: My ping is ¾ of a second 😡 Me: Finally a worth opponent 😈

@Hello-kh6sc

2 жыл бұрын

mine is 10 secends 😈

@Baby.Yoda.knows.tech.

2 жыл бұрын

My Ping : 68 ms

@hariskhan01

2 жыл бұрын

Thanfully my ping is just a couple of seconds😁

@Baby.Yoda.knows.tech.

2 жыл бұрын

That's 10 ms milliseconds... Actually here in every house near my neighborhood Ping is like 1 or 2 ms.. But my house is cursed..

@jonathansoko1085

2 жыл бұрын

Its funny how whats trash to linus is every day life for most of us, or worse LOL

I figured this was going to be a Cel-Fi video. I’m glad I was right. I installed one at my old work and it worked extremely well compared to other options.

I got my repeater about 2yrs ago. Totally worth it

Oh "instruction manual.. I'll read it after it's installed".. "the little cloud is unhappy", you guys are hilarious and the tech advice is solid. Solid like that coax cable that could literally go under the ocean! Great video as usual.

Honestly gotta say I am loving these house videos even though I am not invested at all into Linus' house lol. They serve great entertainment value. Keep it up team

Waveform owes Linus a cut of the 10x increase in sales they're about to have.

@rocky-zx6kq

2 жыл бұрын

It might be less than 10x but it will still increase their sales

@jeremywp123

2 жыл бұрын

They did, by sending him thousands of dollars of free tech

@budthecyborg4575

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeremywp123 5:06 Ah yes I missed that small piece of information, plus the promo code.

@johngangemi1361

2 жыл бұрын

Great advertising. It was so simple as the answered the phone when the customer called and got the sale and decent advertising on the video. They will easily make whatever they traded Linus for the air time and then some. Good on them too.

The excessive blurring on every bit of the outside of the house is hilarious. He really does not want people to have ANY information which they could use to reverse engineer where he lives. Which is reasonable.

@DavidMulderOne

2 жыл бұрын

Does make me wonder whether that will just motivate people more though...

You know people really enjoy working with each other by the jokes and good vibes all around, these two are totally Bros. Sincerely, getting paid and still enjoying the company is a massive quality of life improvement. 🎩 Linus is surrounded by really good workers, some who will probably go on to their own endeavors but still return to help him if he calls. Marvelous watch this video.

The house content is continuing to be such a breath of fresh air! Love it

Love ur vids Linus!!! Keep it up!!!

Jake’s knowledge when it comes to networking is outstanding, I want to be like him when I graduate college

The segways were pretty awesome!

Video title: I hate this Linus at the end: I'm perfectly happy with this

@MrSongib

2 жыл бұрын

just don't look the shark fin

@AndreyNaranjo

2 жыл бұрын

character development at its finest

15 years ago I was working as an engineer designing equipment that would be located in the middle of nowhere and we needed data transmitted back to us via cellular. Finding the right equipment back then was a huge PITA but we finally got it sorted out. We were lucky in that we were using a cellular modem where I could wire the antenna directly to the modem and not have to rebroadcast the signal.

I cant wait until the house is done, I wanna see all the tech upgrades

Linus, hoses in Florida are basically made out of concrete. We get the same issue with reception. Usually it isn't so bad though because it's flat and a cell tower can basically get into every room, but any windowless room or hallway has horrible reception.

I used to carry a signal booster on road trips in the olden days. I literally just gave it away. Also, it occurs to me that when Linus' beard turns grey, he can revive _The Red Green Show._ He has the kind of vibe.

@dh2032

2 жыл бұрын

was it Linus's beard turns grey before the new house?

Linus I must say I totally enjoy watching your learning on the go videos they are so funny and entertaining. I have been watching you since 2010 when I started watching your reviews this is when I started in professional it work. Love the content and I'll keep watching ya :) and the epic team you built

I guess I need to study. I moved to the boondocks and no one gets a good signal out here. NOTOK. You two remind me of me and my dad when he added various types of functionality to my house. I always thought It'd be so ugly but I was glad when it was working.

We are the largest distributor of Cel-Fi solutions in Australia, and we have done over 150k installations. Such a great solution! Our customers love it.