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When I 1st switched to T-mobile, I had a terrific connection from my upstairs landing, looking out through a west-facing window. This summer, however, I had to lower a sun shade on that window, and t...
It would largely depend upon the sun shade's materials. Some shades are made from reflective materials and others are metal; both could affect cell signals. There are many common building materials that can affect signal reception. A few are listed here:
Raise the shade and see what happens. Be thankful you don't live on an older house with plaster walls and metal lathe. But what's really important is not signal strength but rather signal quality. Running speed tests is a better measure of signal quality than number of bars if the gateway doesn't provide signal quality metrics other than "Excellent", "Very Good", etc.
P.S. Not advocating for a signal booster since those can be hit or miss without exhausitve research and investigation.
