Eureka!  It works.  For several years we have cursed at Verizon Wireless for the terrible service we have in our home.  Anywhere else in our city - 4 or 5 bars, inside our house, less than 1 bar, dropped calls, static, etc.  If it hadn't been that most of our friends and family are on Verizon, and that other service providers have worse service nationwide, we would have dropped long ago.  I read the review on this cell phone booster, and as usual, some folks said it was terrible, but most said it worked.  Bought it, installed it as directed - except we used a shorter cable to cut down on signal loss from the 50 footer provided, and guess what?  At least 2 bars in most of our house, can even send and receive in our basement, which was impossible before.  Set up is easy, I put the antenna in our attic, and the unit in the garage.