lazydog

Public wifi networks are a security nightmare, and I would not recommend the average person use them. Not without a VPN, anyway, and that's a little advanced for most people, so it's easier to tell friends and family to stay away from them. I may be paranoid, but: 1. It's fairly trivial to eavesdrop on everyone's traffic on an open wifi network. 2. There is no way to know if the access point you're connecting to is legitimate. For under 100 bucks you can buy an off-the-shelf wireless router that automatically spoofs nearby wifi networks for man-in-the-middle attacks. 3. Even "legitimate" wifi networks often behave badly, like by inserting ads to the web pages you visit, adding their own tracking cookies, and selling your info to advertisers. I'd like to see someone like Sprint/Google/Apple bake in a free VPN service on their smartphones as a way to protect their users on open networks. It'd also be a way to stand out from the competition, especially with folks like Verizon and their "super cookie" in the news.

With Google voice, you are essentially on a conference call with you, your caller, and Google. If 1 person on a conference call drops off, the call can keep going. So if your VOIP drops, Google could put the call on hold for the couple of seconds it takes to fall back to a legacy voice connection. Play a little "rerouting" message in a pleasing voice to the person on hold. And then keep it on the legacy connection for the remainder of the call so that it doesn't keep happening throughout a call when in a marginal area.

I was going to suggest Straight Talk's home phone service (http://www.straighttalk.com/wps/portal/home/shop/otherdevices/ShopHomePhones) which is unlimited home phone service for $15/month on a Verizon mvno... but it may not work with your alarm system. I know it doesn't support faxes and other data services. Sprint's service and a lot of VOIP providers also have this limitation. You might check if internet based monitoring is available for your security system. If you can sort out your security system, Sprint or Straight Talk's wireless home phone bridge may be preferable to a VOIP provider, as it will still work if your internet goes out, and they have a backup battery to keep it going during a power outage.

Google Wallet's doing better than Apple Pay, even though carriers like T-Mobile push Isis/Softcard on most of their android devices. http://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-pay-responsible-for-1-percent-of-november-digital-payments-google-wallet-garners-4-percent/

I don't understand this logic. Its not as if your friends will have somehow lost out once Sprint begins to offer improved service in your area. It seems like your friends made the better choice, because you can switch providers at any time, and you're only hurting yourself if you stick with a poor performing service. All carriers have good and bad areas, so why not go with the best one in your area, and occasionally reassess your choice as conditions change.

I agree with asomers. I get better performance on the .15 radio. On the Lollipop radio I was getting -105 dBm on band 25 in my home with 4 megabit speed tests, with frequent drops to 3G, whereas the .15 radio gets -95 dBm in the same location and speed tests are roughly double. I don't know about band 41 on the .15 radio, because it's not deployed here, but I have no trouble picking up band 26 on .15

Sprint is not in the habit of kicking people off of grandfathered plans, so I wouldn't worry too much about it. ...But there's nothing stopping them from killing the Sprint brand tomorrow, and forcing everyone that wants to keep their service to choose a new SoftbankUSA plan.

This is just a rumor at this point, and they don't say anything about killing off the core Google Voice features, just getting rid of the app itself and incorporating it into the Hangouts app.

If they name the new company Softbank, they can save money on advertising by just running the Japanese commercials unmodified.

I think we've seen how well Sprint does when it stays within its comfort zone. I have a feeling that a lot of the Sprint executives will be seeking employment elsewhere if they're unwilling to change, based on what Softbank's Son has said. But anyway, this is beside the point for this Nexus 5 issue. There is no slippery slope argument to be made here. It's the same burrito model, getting the same burrito software updates directly from Google. There is no additional load on Sprint's support or training, in fact it will make things easier for the frontline support - remember there is no marking on the T-Mobile Nexus 5 to indicate its "other" status. Their job will be much easier if they don't have to deal with some unlabeled Nexus 5's that can't be activated.

Could be a bad profile for the wireless network. You could try removing the profile, and then reconnecting to the network http://www.7tutorials.com/fix-troublesome-wireless-connections-removing-their-profile If that doesn't fix it, I would try booting to another OS, to figure out if the problem is Windows. You can download a version of linux like Ubuntu, and run it directly from a cd or usb drive without affecting your windows install. If it works while in linux, then we know it's a windows problem, and can keep troubleshooting that. If the problem is with your wireless hardware, you could grab a mini usb wifi adapter like this one for $10: http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-TL-WN725N-Wireless-Adapter-Miniature/dp/B008IFXQFU/ (or you could open up your laptop and put in a replacement mini-pcie card)

Nexus 5's purchased from Sprint don't have the Sprint Zone app either.

Keep in mind that 750ma at 12 volts is 9 watts, which is comparable to 1.8 amps at 5 volts. Both equal 9 watts of power.

Some folks were talking about iHeartRadio not working earlier in the thread. They released an update today and it seems to work fine now on the Nexus 5.

If you have an unused Sprint phone, you can try to activate it at http://www.freedompop.com/byod I had an old Evo 4G that wasn't being used, and I just activated it on the free 200min/500MB plan. You have to install their app from the Google Play store in order to make and receive calls. Over 3G, the call quality isn't great, but I could understand what was being said. On wifi, the call quality is much better. I don't have wimax here, but I assume it would be similar to wifi. I'm getting .77mb down, .67 up over 3G, and that's what I'd expect from Sprint 3G here at this time of day.