Is there a cell booster that actually works? Most that I see online get very mixed reviews. I put a Verizon hot spot in our camper and it works great when we have a signal. is there something I can do to boost the signal? I'd rather go down his road than spending all the money on a Starlink setup?

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Here is a pic from the other direction the year before I started taking a trailer:

Starlink is only $350 now for the hardware. Comparable to some of the cell boosters and it will work everywhere in the US. You can avoid the congestion charge if you buy at home depot or anywhere but direct from starlink. Shut off service when you don't need it.

Slightly different use case, but I have one at home as an internet backup because our cell service is near zero and I couldn't get a booster to work. When our fiber is out, we can't make any emergency phone calls. If it's out and I need service, I have the router fail over to starlink and activate the service.

Question. How is the router able to activate the service if your normal Internet connection is unavailable and Star Link is not active? Is Star Link still accessible for just activation/emergencies?

My post was confusing, sorry.

It does not activate automatically. I manually activate using the starlink and activate it... this gives me a chance to make a decision about whether I really need internet or not. My router auto swaps to WAN 2 if WAN 1.

My router sends me a local notification when my home internet is down, so I can make a call to activate it pretty quickly. Luckily I've only had to use it a few times when they cut fiber lines in my neighborhood. It gets more use at campsites.

Adding some context:
-I keep starlink connected and powered up, but with service deactivated (unless I used it during that month on a trip). It downloads updates and does it's thing in the background.
-If fiber internet goes down, I login to the starlink app over cell network or direct connect to starlink router and reactivate service for a month.
-Service isn't prorated, so once I pay for a month I'm stuck with it. I have a mini, so monthly service is $50 for $50/gb + $1/gb over that.
-To save bandwidth, I explicitly disallow many devices from connecting to WAN 2.

This is overkill, but I work from home most of the time and not having internet kills my day. It's also peace of mind that I have a reliable internet source beyond the life of my UPS when the power goes out.