Recommendations for Cellular Signal Repeaters?

itwerx asks: "Like most folks these days I have a cell phone and indoor reception problems, especially in my house which is behind a ridge from most of the carriers in my area. So, I'm looking for an indoor wireless repeater (not a plug-in amp). There are a lot of them out there ranging from $300-$3000+, but for every article, forum or newsgroup posting proclaiming the relative merits of this brand or model over another I find another post saying that they suck. A couple of units I'm looking at are the Wi-Ex YX500 series and some of the ones made by Wilson Electronics (not providing direct links so as to avoid boosting their Google ratings). Has anybody here used these, or junked them in favor of something better?"

Re:May not solve your problem.

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Try a passive repeater. My gf had terrible reception in her house, she bought a $8.00 passive repeater for cars/windows, etc. and it added a bar or two to her reception on the front of the house. Which was the most important area to her. Being so cheap, it cant _hurt_ to try one..