# Do cellphone signal boosters work?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cellphone-signal-boosters-work/65210>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 12, 2001, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cellphone-signal-boosters-work/65210 "2001-05-12T13:48:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![sethdallob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@sethdallob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sethdallob)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cellphone-signal-boosters-work/65210/1 "2001-05-12T13:48:29Z")

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I thought that this was asked before, but after looking in the archives, I can’t find anything.

Do those little thin sticky antennas that you put under your cell phone battery actually do anything? It looks like a load o’ poo to me, but hey, I’m curious.

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**Author:** ![sethdallob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@sethdallob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sethdallob)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cellphone-signal-boosters-work/65210/2 "2001-05-12T13:59:02Z")

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I’m such an idiot. Doh well.

For those of you who care:

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=70449](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=70449)