BoonieCell

BoonieCell We make your cell phone work better in the Boonies! Stop in at our showroom at (K Tronics) 57 Main St., Madison ME, or give us a call M-F, 8am - 5 pm EST!

BoonieCell is a new division of K Tronics Satellite & Home Theater that is specific to enhancing cell phone reception! We sell, service and install cell phone amplifier systems ('boosters') manufactured by Wilson Electronics, including the Wilson Electronics, WCI and WeBoost product lines! With over 20 years of combined experience in the cell phone booster world, Jeff & Tena are here to answer all of your questions!

We fix poor cell reception!Now in stock, although we do sometimes have a tough time keeping them in stock!Say hello to t...
01/14/2020

We fix poor cell reception!

Now in stock, although we do sometimes have a tough time keeping them in stock!

Say hello to the biggest, baddest, most powerful mobile cell phone booster on the market, the WeBoost Drive Reach! This thing is an absolute beast!

Boost voice AND data! Carrier agnostic! You will be astounded at the places that you can get reception with this booster!

Plug and play! Everything you need is included in the box for most vehicles. We have the parts and knowledge to turn this into the ideal small-radius building amplifier for your small home or camp also! Of course, we also have awesome building amplifiers, too!

Have loved ones that drive through areas of no reception or poor reception? What says "I love you!" like the reassurance and peace of mind that they will be able to reach you if they have problems on the road? Makes an excellent Valentine's Day gift!

The Drive Reach sells for $499.99 plus tax, cash and carry - and is a snap to install. It comes with a 2-year warranty against defects and a 30-day satisfaction guarantee (some restrictions apply, be sure to ask for details). Not feeling "techy"? That's cool: we can install for a modest fee!

It will also be compatible with most non-millimeter wave 5G networks. Let's be honest for a minute here folks: If you are concerned with your current 4G coverage, you can probably forget about MM wave 5G reaching you any time in the next decade. The wavelength of MM wave 5G is going to require repeaters or towers very close to each other, as compared to today's tower infrastructure.

BoonieCell is a division of K Tronics LLC. drop us a line at 207.696.3200, or [email protected]. Or, stop and see us at 57 Main Street in Madison, Maine.

01/15/2016

Shhh! You're not supposed to know about this yet!

Details are trickling in, but it looks like a new in-building booster is coming out soon! Up to 1,200 square feet coverage! Voice AND data - including 4G LTE! Carrier agnostic! NO difficult set-up! Up and running in seconds! Portable! Easy to carry between home and work, or home and camp!

Under $400, tax included!?

Stay tuned!

05/30/2015

mid - June to mid-July Special! This one's for the folks that support their local ATV or Snowmobile clubs! Please 'share'! Yes, yes - I know it's only May 30th, but I wanted to give you plenty of heads up! :-D That and we have been so busy stock has been depleted and no time to reorder. Deliveries to replenish stock should be arriving next week.

So here's the special: During the period between June 15th and July 15th, 2015 show me your 2015 ATV Club membership card or 2014 - 2015 Snowmobile club membership card and get 5% off our already low, low prices for any in-stock, mobile or in-building weBoost cell phone amplifier kit with an MSRP of $299.99 or higher! Membership cards must be from a Maine - based club. No card, no discount. Rain checks will be available for equipment that is normally in-stock that we have run out of. Limit one discount per customer.

05/30/2015

Sorry for the lack of updates lately, been super busy with some family stuff and service calls and installations, too. Going to try to get back into the rhythm of regular posts for you all.

03/23/2015

So, how's your cell phone reception at your home? Not so hot? Well, the BoonieCell / K Tronics April Special starts now!

Order any Wilson Electronics CIS (Custom Installer Series) in-building cell phone booster, and get a basic installation for FREE. Not only do you get the increased, three - year warrantee (all other models have a 1 or 2 year warrantee) , but a basic installation (normally billed at $50/hour) for FREE!

This offer is for installation in single-family homes within 25 miles of our shop in Madison. Offer is available to customers outside this area, but you will be charged our current travel rate of $1.50/ mile after the first 25. Offer is for basic installation of 1 outside antenna, 1 inside antenna, and amplifier. Wall fishing not included. Extra inside antennas and wall fishing available for extra cost. Includes up to 0.5 hours for walk-around / soft installation to test signal, and up to 2 hours installation labor. Offer ends April 30, 2015. You MUST mention this FaceBook ad at the time of ordering to take advantage of the free installation offer!

Prices for the CIS series amplifiers are $699 for the 60 dB kit, $849 for the 65 dB kit and $1199 for the 70 dB kit. Stop by the shop and describe your situation, and we'll work to right-size the right kit for your needs and budget! All of the kits will not only improve voice calls, but are also 4G LTE compliant and will greatly improve data speeds on your mobile device, too!

BoonieCell is a division of K Tronics Satellite & Home Theater, which is a local, family owned and operated business since 1997. We are located at 57 Main St in Madison, ME (look for the green awning!)

Think those 'other guys' are equipped with - better yet: know how to use - the latest and greatest whiz-bang tech for a ...
02/06/2015

Think those 'other guys' are equipped with - better yet: know how to use - the latest and greatest whiz-bang tech for a quality cell phone booster install? This here's the latest addition to our fleet: the Wilson Electronics 460118 cellular meter. It's a sweetheart of a toy -er, TOOL- designed to help pinpoint location and strength of voice and data from all major providers! One more not-so-subtle reason to buy certain product locally, and not online: relevant, real world experience!

Do you own or manage a business with a high rate of public traffic in the Central Maine area? Do you have poor or no ce...
02/06/2015

Do you own or manage a business with a high rate of public traffic in the Central Maine area? Do you have poor or no cell phone reception inside your business, but fair or OK service outside? BoonieCell is looking for businesses to help us grow, by virtue of a retail partnership!

Let us install a highly visible, small, attractive working demo display in your business and we'll provide you with exceptional cell service within a small radius of the display. You supply an electrical outlet (draws less than 0.5 amp) and floor space.

Display will be located away from sales counter, and will have an incorporated 'podium top' so users will have a small writing surface and a space to set their mobile device down. Display will have a space for displaying proprietary literature and business cards, and may not be used for the promotion of any other product or vendor. Literature will be marked so that it's evident to us what location the customer obtained it from ('promo code'). Your business will sign a non-compete contract promising that you will not sell similar product within 60 months of the removal of our display. Display must be kept within the reasonable sightline of the consumer at all times and must be accessible to BoonieCell / K Tronics' employees at any time during your normal business hours. In exchange we will offer "cost - plus" pricing (details TBD) for owner's vehicles and company vehicles, and are working on an affinity program for all employees, based on the volume of sales tied to literature coming from your business. Display and related equipment remains the property of BoonieCell (a division of K Tronics) and may be removed by the BoonieCell at any time for any or no reason at their sole discretion. Complete details are being ironed out as we write this. This offer is subject to a site survey for traffic level and existing level of cellular service. Not every respondent will be eligible. This is an installed product, and as such, may require a small amount of drilling and/or screwing, that said, we are insured professionals that have been installing this and similar products for 20 years.

This would be an exceptional offer for someone with a waiting room with marginal cell service? "Perceived wait times" are much shorter when the waiting customer is distracted or occupied!

BoonieCell, a division of K Tronics Satellite & Home Theater. 57 Main Street, Madison, ME (under the green awning) 207.696.3200 [email protected]

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02/06/2015

We frequently get asked a question regarding our WeBoost and Wilson Electronics cell phone boosters "Well, do they WORK?".

That's actually kind of a silly question, because, well, I'm pretty sure we'd have been chased out of town with torch and pitchfork wielding townsfolk by now if we were selling product that didn't work, am I right?

This is partially why - at long last - we will be installing a working demo in our store on Main Street in Madison! The reception isn't horrible here, but it's not great either, being an all concrete building- usually I get 2 to 3 bars (of 6) 3G with US Cellular. I did a 'soft install' of a "WeBoost Home 4G" (MSRP $449.99, K Tronics price $409.99) in the shop yesterday afternoon, and immediately got 6 (of 6) bars of USCC 3G and 6 bars (of 6) of Verizon 4G in a lot of the building. I don't currently possess a USCC 4G device (I know, right?) so I wasn't able to conclusively test for that, although my fancy new cell meter claims that there was signal.

Watch for the announcement coming soon that the demo is officially installed, and in the meantime, if you want a demo we can temporarily lay the wires out on the floor.

BoonieCell. A division of K Tronics Satellite & Home Theater. 57 Main St, Madison, ME (under the green awning!) 207.696.3200 [email protected]

Just checked the showroom because it seems like we have a ton of different cell phone booster part numbers on hand. Did ...
02/05/2015

Just checked the showroom because it seems like we have a ton of different cell phone booster part numbers on hand.

Did you know, we stock FIVE different models of mobile cell phone boosters for your car, truck, boat, whatever vehicle?

Did you know we stock SIX different models of in-building amplifier for your home or business?

Prices range from $129.99 to $999.99 depending on your needs. Our most popular mobile unit is $299.99, and our most popular in-building unit is $409.99.

Stop by and check out our selection of weBoost / Wilson Electronics product!

BoonieCell. A division of K Tronics Satellite & Home Theater. 57 Main St, Madison, ME (under the green awning!) 207.696.3200 www.ktronicsmaine.com

01/20/2015

Offering up a little Public Service Announcement / rant for you:

Regarding 'parasitic', 'off-brand' or 'third party billed' cellular providers, you get what you pay for. Smart talk, Flash Wireless, TracFone fit this category. I'm sure there are many, many others.

Parasitic in this context simply means that they have none of the operational infrastructure, they simply buy bulk service from the provider, divvy it up into customer-sized pieces and resell it to you. They do the billing, saving the 'real' providers time and money.

Sure! Great! You get unlimited calling and data for $50/ month! Wow! Awesome! Does it really work everywhere your 'real' provider did? In most cases NO, and here's why:

I'll use the most common example to my rural corner of Maine. Verizon Wireless (VZW) and US Cellular (USCC) have a mutual roaming agreement for the benefit of their (THEIR) post-paid customers. This means that in most instances you -as a USCC customer - can use your phone (for voice and 3G data) as long as you can communicate with a USCC tower OR a VZW tower. Depending on your phones settings, you MAY see some indication that you are roaming (or 'off-network') but in most cases you will not pay for roaming. This works mutually for customers of both providers.

So, you fell into the trap of one of the parasitic providers? The salesperson told you that it works just like a Verizon phone, right? Well, that's true...kind of. Here's the rub: That mutual roaming agreement only applies to customers of USCC and Verizon, NOT to customers being billed by the parasitic 3rd party billers! Imagine this frequently occurring scenario: Bob is a loyal VZW customer. He pays $120/ month for unlimited talk and, say, 20GB of data. Norm used to have VZW but fell into the 'save big money' trap and was told this new company could cut his bill in half.... and they DID! Bob and Norm are sitting on Bobs porch, relaxing when Norm's phone rings. He answers it and the call drops. "Huh, that's weird," Bob says, "I've got full bars here all the time!" Bob's phone shows 3G lock and 5 bars... Norms is showing 1 bar intermittently and 1X. Why does this happen? Elementary! Bob's phone is connecting to the USCC tower, Norm's phone (which doesn't have mutual roaming) is struggling to pick up a VZW tower from twice as far away!

Does this mean all parasitic phone plans are junk? NO! By all means, if it happens to work for you, in the areas you frequent, by all means: save the money! But if the phone doesn't work where you need it to, is cutting the bill in half REALLY a bargain?

01/19/2015

Another satisfied customer! Ms C. W. from Long Pond, ME (East of Jackman).

She was less concerned with data and more concerned with voice calls. Previously, she could *sometimes* get 1 bar and make and receive calls if she was within a foot or two of a South facing window. Sometimes not.

She opted for the Wilson Electronics DB Pro 3G (Soon to become the we*boost Connect 3G) with a directional antenna, and opted to have me install. House is open concept with a large are combining an office space, a kitchen, a dining area and a living room. Several bedrooms off that area. In the large room - which is about 36 feet by 42 feet - she now gets max bars in all but the diagonally opposite corner from where we installed the inside antenna. Service in the bedrooms is down a couple of bars but still "very usable".

Address

57 Main Street (W/K Tronics)
Madison, ME
04950

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

Telephone

(207) 696-3200

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