Cell phone signal boosters

No idea about legality but I've tried and failed to get a Vodafone Sure Signal running in our office, it just will not connect to the Internet!

I have been tasked with finding information about signal boosters for the production floor where I work. I have read quite a bit on FCC rules and having to register the device. I was curious if anyone had any experience on the legality of using a consumer product in a business environment. I also was wondering what kind of range the consumer products have as I need to cover about 20,000 square feet. It is very open area.I have contacted two different companies and one said a consumer product would never cover that area and recommended the commercial one that would probably cost about $.40 a square foot. The second company said that they could install a consumer product that would work just fine in our location.I have searched on this topic and most of the posts are over a year old and I was wondering if anyone had any experience with...
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