Quick noob question...Service/wifi

I'm planning on getting an iphone but dont know how good the phone service will be in my apartment.
Would hooking up the iphone to my wifi boost the service signal if I had little to no service?
I believe my brother did this with blackberry.
Thanks in advance. I did try searching in case this question comes up a lot.

Since you say "phone service" I assume you mean can you use the phone's voice (cellphone) function over wifi. If that is the question, the answer is "no" (if you are in the U.S.) The only U.S. major carrier who currently offers cellphone calls over wifi is T-Mobile. Even if you are using an unlocked iPhone on T-Mobile, you cannot get this voice functionality. It requires a hardware chip called a UMA (for universal mobile access.) The original iPhone definitely does not have one of these. I do not know for certain if it exists in the 3G (I think not) but if it does, it is not enabled.
Regarding your brother, voice and Blackberry, IF he is on T-Mobile, you are likely correct. At least three of T-Mob's Blackberrys have this UMA functionality (marketed by T-Mob as "Hot Spot at Home.") These are the Curve, 8820 and and Pearl 8120 (but not the basic Pearl.)

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