{"id":120084,"date":"2009-12-31T11:57:47","date_gmt":"2009-12-31T16:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/2009\/12\/31\/improve-3g-modem-reception-with-a-kitchen-pot\/"},"modified":"2009-12-31T11:57:47","modified_gmt":"2009-12-31T16:57:47","slug":"improve-3g-modem-reception-with-a-kitchen-pot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/120084","title":{"rendered":"Improve 3G Modem Reception with a Kitchen Pot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>\nIt would only make sense, after seeing what a <a href=\"http:\/\/lifehacker.com\/5053796\/boost-your-wi+fi-signal-with-cooking-strainer\">kitchen strainer<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/lifehacker.com\/296367\/boost-your-wireless-signal-with-a-homemade-wifi-extender\">aluminum foil<\/a> can do, that a metal kitchen pot would provide a significant signal boost for a mobile broadband modem, or &#8220;dongle.&#8221; The homemade video evidence tells all.<\/p>\n<p>The video is edited in a rather stuttered style for reasons unknown, but the segments where a USB broadband modem is placed into, and pulled out of, a large saucepan, with a signal strength meter running, seem to be fairly steady. A YouTube commenter suggests a more parabolic shape, like a wok, might do even better in capturing and honing the broadband signal.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re ever stuck at a friend&#8217;s house with weak mobile broadband reception, it might pay off to dig into their cookware. At the least, it&#8217;s an instant conversation starter.<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/mobilebroadbandblog.co.uk\/2009\/12\/the-craziest-way-to-boost-your-mobile-broadband-signal\/\">The Best (and Funniest) 3G Mobile Broadband Signal Booster<\/a> [The Mobile Broadband Blog via <a href=\"http:\/\/hardware.slashdot.org\/story\/09\/12\/30\/231217\/Boost-a-Weak-3G-Modem-Signal-With-a-Saucepan\">Slashdot<\/a>]<\/div>\n<p>Buy This Item: <a class=\"buy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/buy.php\" ><span style=\"color: #33bc03\">[Click here to buy this item]<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lifehacker.com\/5437749\/improve-3g-modem-reception-with-a-kitchen-pot\" >Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It would only make sense, after seeing what a kitchen strainer and aluminum foil can do, that a metal kitchen pot would provide a significant signal boost for a mobile broadband modem, or &#8220;dongle.&#8221; The homemade video evidence tells all. The video is edited in a rather stuttered style for reasons unknown, but the segments [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120084\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}