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What I have been told by support (phone call to 3G) is that adding the antenna is only to pull your signal in at your end. 
The transmission power on your end doesn't change and does not go out the external antenna so you still need to be in the best location in your home also the higher the better. 


The towers are using equipment much better than we will to receive and transmit, unless you can spend the money and then you would have a T1 line.
Also a signal of -60 would be about the best you could get

WOW, right under the tower. Can't get much closer than that. 

Good luck with it then.

I believe they are set up that way so not to over power your phone. If you look at the antenna they are usually set up in an array, maybe 6 of them and each has there own directional area. Much research is put into the design for the coverage area unlike original antenna Tommie wanted to use in his first desperation for signal gain.

it all depends on what kind of wireless equipment the company uses some equipment is better than others. thus meaning some have better dbm than others

Read here

http://www.blackberryforums.com/general-8700-series-discussion/84964-my-8703e-cannot-hold-1xev-how-can-i-fix.html

 

::::::::::.. Download Stats ..::::::::::
Download Connection is:: 1644 Kbps about 1.6 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB)
Download Speed is:: 201 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (Main)
Test Time:: 2007/09/14 - 3:55pm
Bottom Line:: 29X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 5.09 sec
Tested from a 12160 kB file and took 60.597 seconds to complete
Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 48.71 % of your hosts average (spcsdns.net)
D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-AD4W6R0EZ
User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8.1.6) Gecko/20070725 Firefox/2.0.0.6

::::::::::.. Upload Stats ..::::::::::
Upload Connection is:: 417 Kbps about 0.4 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 51 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (Main)
Test Time:: 2007/09/14 - 3:56pm
Bottom Line:: 7X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 20.08 sec
Tested from a 1496 kB file and took 29.362 seconds to complete
Upload Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 108.5 % faster than the average for host (spcsdns.net)
U-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-5GVZWC83D
User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8.1.6) Gecko/20070725 Firefox/2.0.0.6

 

Psssshhhh. COme on grandpa. (I wish) 

::::::::::.. testmy.net test results ..::::::::::
Download Connection is:: 36013 Kbps about 36.01 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB)
Download Speed is:: 4396 kB/s
Upload Connection is:: 439 Kbps about 0.4 Mbps (tested with 748 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 54 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net (Main)
Test Time:: 2007/09/14 - 6:29pm
D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-52C7GQFS6
U-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-12MWG6CT7
User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; Media Center PC 4.0; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30)

So when are they gonna fix the test here? 

Speakeasy
Last Result:
Download Speed: 1127 Kbps (140.9kB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 373 Kbps (46.6 kB/sec transfer rate)

Made a router adjustment tommie   

::::::::::.. Upload Stats ..::::::::::
Upload Connection is:: 518 Kbps about 0.5 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 63 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (Main)
Test Time:: 2007/09/16 - 12:42am
Bottom Line:: 9X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 16.25 sec
Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 47.298 seconds to complete
Upload Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 159 % faster than the average for host (spcsdns.net)
U-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-EOX0FGN5C
User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8.1.6) Gecko/20070725 Firefox/2.0.0.6