Answer up front: if your two-bed flat, small house or 20-user office mixes EE-family SIMs (EE, BT Mobile, Asda Mobile, Virgin Mobile) with O2, Vodafone or Three members and needs boosted EE voice calls alongside a universal 3G fallback rather than a data-only chassis, the DW200 at £205.99 is the pick; it pairs Band 3 at 1800 MHz for EE-family voice, text and 1800 MHz 4G LTE with Band 1 at 2100 MHz for 3G UMTS data, voice and SMS across all four networks, cleans at ≥60 dB uplink and ≥65 dB downlink, outputs ≥10 dBm behind a ≤5 dB noise figure, and covers a 200m² (2,153 ft²) space for up to 20 users with the 5 dBi omni, 3 dBi whip, 10m outdoor coax and 5m indoor cable. If the property is genuinely a single 100m² room, the DW100 at £185.99 carries the same band pair at the entry gain class; if the household prioritises rural Band 20 800 MHz 4G data over calls, the CD200 tunes Band 20+3 data-only; if it prioritises O2/Vodafone rural 4G plus universal 3G but never needs boosted EE voice, the CW200 tunes Band 20+1.

The £0.00 DW200-versus-CD200 and DW200-versus-CW200 gaps buy different second bands rather than more machine: same £205.99, same 200m², same 20 users, same ≥60/≥65 dB gain, same ≥10 dBm output, same 10m outdoor plus 5m indoor cable, same omni and whip. The DW200's Band 3 at 1800 MHz serves the EE family's voice calls and 1800 4G, and its Band 1 at 2100 MHz serves a universal 3G fallback on every network; the CD200's Band 20 at 800 MHz serves rural 4G data with no voice band and no Band 1; the CW200's Band 20 at 800 MHz serves rural 4G data while its Band 1 serves universal 3G, but it never tunes Band 3. The DW100's −£20 gap buys the same two bands at half the room size, half the users and the ≥45/≥50 dB gain class with a single 10m cable. No single chassis in this tier covers Band 3 voice, Band 20 rural 4G and Band 1 3G at once, because these channels are separate entries each chassis pairs in twos.

This page compares the four chassis side by side rather than in a roundup: the DW200, the DW100, the CD200 and the CW200. It separates the two roles each chassis fills — a data or voice carrier band versus a fallback band — sizes the shared cabin, user, gain and output spec, maps each MVNO to its host network, and gives a five-branch decision tree so the choice follows which SIMs you hold, whether VoLTE covers your calls, whether the home really reaches 200m², and whether EE voice, rural data or universal 3G matters most indoors.

All four are UKCA and CE certified, Ofcom licence-exempt, ship free within the UK on 1 to 2 day handling plus 10 to 15 day transit, and carry a 365-day mail return window. None carries 5G NR; the DW200, DW100 and CW200 carry Band 1 3G, while the CD200 carries neither a voice band nor 3G. All run from the AC 100–240V 50/60Hz to DC 5V UK Type plug. The rest of this page numbers every band, £20 gap and £0.00 tie before you order.

Before the tables, three rules keep the comparison honest. First, the chassis split into three distinct UK bands: Band 3 at 1800 MHz (uplink 1710–1785 MHz, downlink 1805–1880 MHz) carries the EE family voice calls, text and 1800 MHz 4G data, reaching direct EE and the BT Mobile, Asda Mobile, Virgin Mobile, Orange, T-Mobile and The People's Operator MVNOs; Band 1 at 2100 MHz (uplink 1930–1990 MHz, downlink 2110–2180 MHz) carries 3G UMTS data, voice and SMS for EE, O2, Vodafone and Three; Band 20 at 800 MHz (uplink 832–862, downlink 791–821) carries the rural 4G data channel across the major networks. Each chassis pairs exactly two of these channels, so the comparison decides which pair your home needs and at which room size.

Second, the pairings differ: the DW200 pairs Band 3 with Band 1 — EE voice and 1800 4G plus universal 3G at the 200m² gain class; the DW100 pairs Band 3 with Band 1 at the 100m² entry gain class; the CD200 pairs Band 20 with Band 3 — rural 4G data plus EE 1800 data, with no call band and no 3G; the CW200 pairs Band 20 with Band 1 — rural 4G data plus universal 3G, with no Band 3 voice channel. Third, the DW200, CD200 and CW200 share the 200m², 20-user, ≥60/≥65 dB spec, while the DW100 is the deliberate 100m², 10-user, ≥45/≥50 dB entry tier; the choice within the trio is purely "which two bands do my SIMs need indoors?", and the DW100 question is purely "does my home fit the entry tier?"

Because the trio's price, 200m² space, 20-user cap, ≥60/≥65 dB gain and ≥10 dBm output are identical, this comparison never turns on power or size between those three; it turns on band plan and host network. A household that only ever holds one network's SIMs can use the narrowest data unit; a mixed-network home with EE-family voice requirements and O2/Vodafone/Three members needs the Band 3 plus Band 1 pairing of the DW200.

Coverage figures assume reasonable donor signal outside and sensible antenna separation; the rated 200m² covers a two-bed flat, small terraced house, home office, salon or small shop, and the DW100's 100m² covers a single room, studio flat or small home office. On a strong −70 to −90 dBm donor each chassis can add up to 2 indoor antennas via a 2-way splitter and extra cable; a weak −97 to −105 dBm donor uses the optional Yagi aimed at the nearest mast. The tables below compare specs, the £0.00 trio tie, the £20 DW100 step and day-one versus five-year cost before the decision tree.

Read the voice and fallback rows before the price rows: the DW200 and DW100 keep Band 3 EE voice plus Band 1 universal 3G, the CD200 keeps Band 20 plus Band 3 data with neither a voice channel nor 3G, and the CW200 keeps Band 20 plus Band 1 rural data and 3G without the EE voice band; then read coverage, gain and users, where the DW100 is the deliberate half-size entry tier and the other three match.

Because the trio shares price, area, users, gain and output, no gap buys more power or more space between DW200, CD200 and CW200; every £0.00 difference buys a different band pair. The −£20 DW100 step buys a smaller room and smaller user cap at the same band plan, not a weaker band pair. None of the four raises the serving mast's data speed, which still comes from the base station and network load.

The DW200 and DW100 share the identical band plan: Band 3 at 1800 MHz for EE-family voice and 1800 4G, Band 1 at 2100 MHz for universal 3G. The £20 difference is the room size, user cap, gain class and cable bundle, not the networks served.

DW200: two-bed-home gain at ≥60/≥65 dB

The DW200 reaches ≥60 dB uplink and ≥65 dB downlink, a gain class matched to the thicker external walls, internal doors and two-room layout of a two-bed flat or small terraced home. It covers up to 200m² for 20 simultaneous users, ships the 10m outdoor coax plus the 5m indoor cable for the second room or upstairs landing, and pairs both whips through the 2-way splitter on a strong donor. The stronger gain does not multiply mast speed; it means the cleaned signal survives more masonry before reaching the second device zone.

DW100: single-room entry tier at ≥45/≥50 dB

The DW100 sits at ≥45 dB uplink and ≥50 dB downlink, covers up to 100m² for 10 simultaneous users, and ships the omni, whip and a single 10m outdoor coax without the 5m indoor cable. It is tuned for a studio flat, single bedroom, small home office or one-room shop where one whip serves the whole usable space. A two-bed home forced onto the DW100 will find the second room weak, the second family phone congested, and the missing indoor cable limiting where the second whip can sit.

The £20 step decides by measured floor plan, not habit

Measure the rooms you need boosted: one room under roughly 100m² with up to ten active devices stays with the DW100 at £185.99; a two-bed flat, small house, salon or office spanning closer to 200m² with more than ten active devices needs the DW200 at £205.99. Buying the DW100 for a home that actually needs the DW200 usually means a second entry unit later, which costs more than the up-tier step on day one.

The DW200 and CD200 tie on price, 200m², 20 users, ≥60/≥65 dB gain, ≥10 dBm output and the 10m plus 5m cable stack. Both tune Band 3 at 1800 MHz; the whole difference is the second band: Band 1 universal 3G on the DW200 versus Band 20 rural 4G on the CD200.

DW200 Band 1: universal 3G fallback for all four networks

The DW200 adds Band 1 at 2100 MHz. On EE, O2, Vodafone and Three this provides a 3G UMTS data, voice and SMS fallback where 4G alone weakens, including MVNOs riding those hosts. Together with Band 3 it also keeps the EE-family voice path boosted; it does not tune Band 20 rural 800 MHz, so an O2, Vodafone or Three SIM receives Band 1 3G indoors rather than a boosted 800 MHz 4G channel.

CD200 Band 20: rural 4G data, no voice band, no 3G

The CD200 instead tunes Band 20 at 800 MHz for rural 4G data across EE, O2, Vodafone and Three alongside the Band 3 1800 data layer. It carries no dedicated voice channel and never amplifies Band 1, so a call that would ride a boosted voice or 3G path stays native indoors; an O2/Vodafone/Three member has rural 4G data but no boosted fallback if 4G drops. The CD200 suits a data-first household where calls already hold on VoLTE and the weak point is 800 MHz coverage.

The £0.00 tie decides by second band, not by spec

Because price, coverage, users, gain, output and cable are identical, the DW200-versus-CD200 choice is a pure band-pair question: EE-family home needing boosted calls and universal 3G fallback = DW200; rural data-first home needing Band 20 800 MHz and comfortable with native calling = CD200; mixed where both Band 3 voice and Band 20 rural data matter = no single chassis solves both, and a band-specific second unit or larger system is required rather than forcing one box.

The DW200 and CW200 also tie on price, 200m², 20 users, gain, output and cable, and both keep Band 1 at 2100 MHz for universal 3G. The difference is the other band: the DW200 tunes Band 3 at 1800 MHz for EE-family voice and 1800 4G; the CW200 tunes Band 20 at 800 MHz for rural 4G data.

CW200 Band 20: rural 4G for O2/Vodafone and Three data

An O2 or Vodafone-led household gets boosted Band 20 rural 4G that the DW200 cannot provide, and keeps the same Band 1 3G fallback; in return, EE-family SIMs receive Band 1 3G fallback only, with the Band 3 voice channel left native rather than boosted, and there is no Band 3 1800 data layer. The CW200 cannot add Band 3 later, and the DW200 cannot add Band 20 later; these are fixed band pairs, not switchable modules.

DW200 Band 3: EE-family calls and 1800 4G on the EE host

The DW200's Band 3 keeps direct EE calls, text and 1800 4G boosted together with the BT Mobile, Asda Mobile, Virgin Mobile, Orange, T-Mobile and The People's Operator MVNOs that host on EE. This suits an EE-led two-bed flat, a mixed-network shared house where EE members need reliable calls, and a small office with EE business phones; it does not reproduce a dedicated Band 20 rural 4G channel for O2/Vodafone data. Match the second band to how your handsets actually hold data and call today.

UK MVNOs do not run their own masts; they ride a host network, and a booster amplifies the host's band plan rather than the SIM brand. The table below maps every listed SIM to the channel it receives on each of the four chassis.

Read the EE-host rows first: only the DW200 and DW100 pair Band 3 boosted voice with Band 1 fallback; the CD200 gives EE data only, and the CW200 gives EE Band 1 3G without a voice channel. Then read the O2, Vodafone and Three rows: the CW200 is the only chassis that gives those hosts both Band 20 rural data and Band 1 fallback, the CD200 gives Band 20 data without fallback, and the two DW models give Band 1 fallback without Band 20 data.

Walk the branches top to bottom and stop at the first yes.

Branch 1 — Does the home or office hold more than one direct network (EE plus O2/Vodafone, or Three) and need a call fallback that works on whichever SIM is weak?

Yes: the Band 3 voice channel plus Band 1 universal 3G matters, so stay inside the DW family. Move to Branch 2 for room size; do not pick the CD200, which has no voice or 3G, or the CW200, which has no Band 3 voice.

Branch 2 — Does the usable boosted space span roughly 100m² or less for ten devices, versus closer to 200m² for up to twenty?

Under 100m², ten or fewer active devices: DW100 at £185.99, Band 3+1 entry tier, ≥45/≥50 dB, 10m outdoor cable. Closer to 200m², two rooms, family of four to six or small staff count: DW200 at £205.99, Band 3+1, ≥60/≥65 dB, 10m outdoor plus 5m indoor cable, 20 users.

Branch 3 — Is the household O2/Vodafone-led in a rural village, where Band 20 800 MHz data is the weak link and EE voice never appears?

Yes: CW200 at £205.99, Band 20+1, rural 4G plus Band 1 universal 3G, accept that EE-family calls are not boosted on Band 3. No (mixed EE household, town-centre flat, or EE voice is the priority): return to Branch 2 and choose the matched DW model.

Branch 4 — Are calls already reliable natively on VoLTE, and the only weak point rural Band 20 4G data across EE, O2 and Vodafone, with no 3G fallback required?

Yes: CD200 at £205.99, Band 20+3, rural 4G data over 200m² for 20 users. Do not reach for a DW model if Band 20 data is the real gap, because neither DW chassis tunes Band 20.

Branch 5 — Do you need both a Band 20 rural 4G channel and a Band 3 EE voice channel alongside Band 1 3G, or do you need 5G, a multi-floor home beyond 200m², or more than 20 simultaneous users?

Yes: none of the four chassis covers all three bands, and the entry tier is undersized beyond 200m² or 20 users; plan a band-specific second unit or a larger multi-antenna system rather than overloading one box. No and the space fits the chosen tier: return to Branch 1, 2, 3 or 4 and order the matched unit.

Two-bed EE-family flat in a town centre. Direct EE phones plus a BT Mobile or Asda Mobile member, calls dropping in the second bedroom, 1800 data adequate: the DW200 keeps Band 3 calls boosted and Band 1 3G as a fallback across two rooms; the DW100 would cover only the living room.

Mixed-network shared house or small family home. EE, giffgaff and Tesco Mobile SIMs on three different phones, one tablet on Three: the DW200 gives the EE member boosted Band 3 voice and every member a Band 1 3G fallback; no Band 20 rural 4G is missed inside a town property with moderate donor signal.

Rural O2/Vodafone cottage. O2 and Vodafone SIMs, 800 MHz the only 4G channel available indoors, EE SIMs absent: the CW200 pairs Band 20 rural data with Band 1 3G, which the DW200 cannot match because it omits Band 20.

Data-first home office on VoLTE. Calls already hold over 4G voice on every handset; the weak point is rural Band 20 download for video meetings on EE, O2 and Vodafone: the CD200 concentrates the budget on rural 4G data without paying for a voice or 3G channel the home does not use.

Small salon, shop or workshop with mixed staff SIMs. EE business phone, O2 supplier line and Three staff SIM: the DW200 keeps the EE voice path boosted while Band 1 holds fallback for the other hosts; a till or card reader needing Band 20 rural data should compare the CW200 or a larger system rather than stretching the entry chassis across metal walls.

Day one, the DW200, CD200 and CW200 tie at £205.99; the DW100 sits at £185.99. The five-year total separates them when a second purchase or upgrade appears.

The CD200 buyer who later needs boosted voice or a 3G fallback pays a second band-specific unit on top of the £205.99 already spent; the CW200 buyer who later brings an EE phone into the home does the same for Band 3; the DW100 buyer who outgrows a flat moves up to the DW200 rather than stacking two entry units. Only the correctly matched single DW200, DW100, CD200 or CW200 closes the job day one at its tier. Because the trio costs the same, the risk is buying the wrong band pair rather than overspending, and a second-box correction doubles the outlay.

The DW200 box at £205.99 holds the booster, the 5 dBi omni outdoor aerial, the 3 dBi whip indoor antenna, the UK Type power adapter, the 10m outdoor low-loss coax and the 5m indoor cable; paid variants are the high-gain Yagi directional aerial, 20/30/40/50m outdoor cable and the 18KA lightning surge protector for an exposed aerial or long roof run. On a strong −70 to −90 dBm donor, a 2-way splitter and extra coax feed up to 2 indoor antennas for an adjacent room or upstairs landing; a weak −97 to −105 dBm donor uses the optional Yagi aimed at the nearest mast. The DW100 box carries the omni, whip and 10m outdoor cable for its 100m² tier; the CD200 and CW200 boxes carry the same 10m plus 5m cable stack for their respective band pairs.

Basic setup takes 10 to 15 minutes without tools: mount the omni with a clear mast view, keep the whip a sensible distance inside, run the outdoor coax from the BS outdoor port to the MS indoor port, connect the indoor cable and whip, power from the UK plug, and read steady green before testing. Keep a minimum 10m vertical separation where the floor plan allows, and do not power on until both antennas are connected. The expansion note reads "Expandable coverage by adding indoor antenna, splitter, cable if the outside signal is strong."

All four carry UKCA, CE and RoHS, are Ofcom licence-exempt, ship free within the UK (handling 1–2 days, transit 10–15 days), and carry a 365-day mail return window with lifetime technical support. The £205.99 DW200 price is valid to 2027-10-25, InStock NewCondition, and ships to GB, DE, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, AT, SE, DK, FI, IE, PT, PL and CZ; the DW100, CD200 and CW200 follow the same shipping and return terms. Each booster needs 1 to 2 bars of external donor signal to amplify and cannot create signal in a fully dead spot.

Two-bed flat, small house or 20-user office, modern phones on VoLTE or 3G, mixed networks needing Band 3 EE voice plus Band 1 fallback, 200m²: DW200 at £205.99, Band 3+1, the only 200m² chassis that keeps EE-family calls boosted alongside all-network 3G.

Single 100m² room or studio, same Band 3+1 plan, ten devices or fewer: DW100 at £185.99, entry tier, ≥45/≥50 dB, upgrade path to the DW200 if the home grows.

Rural O2/Vodafone-led household on legacy rural data, no EE voice requirement: CW200 at £205.99, Band 20+1, accept that Band 3 EE calls are not boosted.

Data-first VoLTE home needing rural Band 20 across EE/O2/Vodafone with no voice or 3G fallback required: CD200 at £205.99, Band 20+3, accept that calls stay native indoors.

Quick verdict: at the £0.00 trio tie, DW200 serves Band 3 EE voice plus Band 1 universal 3G, CD200 serves Band 20 rural data with no call layer, and CW200 serves Band 20 rural data plus Band 1 3G without the EE voice band; the DW100 repeats the DW200 band pair at half the room size and half the user cap for £20 less. Match the band pair and tier to the SIMs, hosts and measured floor plan your handsets actually use rather than chasing the largest spec sheet, because the trio delivers identical gain, output, area and user capacity for the £205.99 price.