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Why the WilsonPro 1000 is the most powerful and effective signal booster under the new law
March 7, 2017
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutesIn May 2014, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a report and order known as the Network Protection Standard. The guidance, backed by major cellular carriers, introduced new regulations for cell phone signal boosters, including specific technical requirements designed to minimize interference from consumer signal boosters to wireless networks and towers.Up to that point, cell phone signal boosters available in the market were relatively powerful three-watt radios, strong enough to knock out a network tower or create enough interference that would result in dropped calls. The interference led many networks and distributed antenna system (DAS) providers to call for outlawing signal boosters altogether.Fortunately, cell phone signal booster manufacturers worked with carriers and the FCC to design a compromise, which resulted in Network Protection Standard. The new standards reduced the legally permitted power of cell phone signal boosters from three watts to one. In subsequent years, tower interference from cell phone signal boosters disappeared.While networks welcomed the new standards, it meant many cell phone signal booster manufacturers needed to go back to the drawing board to create compliant, yet sufficiently powerful, cell phone signal boosters.