Dropped calls from cell phone when inside Mobile home?

Question

I have a Verizon Cell Phone and it works fine in my house, but whenever I try to talk on it from my friends mobile home the calls drop and I lose signal until I go back outside and it's in the same town I live in.

Why does a mobile home affect my cell phone signal?

Answer 1

It's not the mobile home itself causing it. If the mobile home is sided with aluminum then that's the problem.

I had that problem when I lived in an aluminum sided mobile home.

Moved into one without aluminum siding and never got those dropped calls. Tin siding can also cause this issue.

Answer 2

The problem is likely to do with the siding on the mobile home.

My parents live in an aluminum sided mobile home and experience the same problem.