> She just needs a microcell/femtocell.
Those come with their own set of problems. In particular, they have to be able to receive a GPS signal, which is often not possible in mountainous terrain. I had a microcell for years and it was nightmarishly unreliable. Not only would it regularly (but randomly) just stop working, it would give absolutely no indication of why it was not working.
They do not have to receive GPS, but it causes issues for e911 service if they do not. It has no impact on anything else, at least not the T-Mobile version.
Maybe https://av.tib.eu/media/36387 or https://www.eevblog.com/forum/rf-microwave/sdr-as-gps-emulat... is a possibility.