We have sketchy signal at home in Middlefield, CT and dropped our land line years ago. Looking at the network extender as a possible solution before I get another land line. Are there other options other than the network extender? Can Verizon boost/direct their signal to better cover this dead spot by the lake (solve the actual problem)? I'm assuming the signal boosters will only work if there is a decent signal to start with, so that's probably not an option here. I'm still not seeing any news on the 4G LTE extender that was announced as "short-term future," at the end of last year. Anybody at Verizon want to send me a beta version?