T-Mobile LTE & Network Discussion

[joshuam]

Is it true the IPhone won't get WiFi calling on Sprint? :-(

 

Sent from my Galaxy S5 on the Sprint Network

[EvanA]

So T-Mobile just admitted they can't provide reliable in building coverage and they want to use your home data connection to support their network.....

[sbolen]

Gotta admit, I would like to have these offerings.

 

http://bgr.com/2014/09/10/t-mobile-wifi-unleashed-announcement/

 

The WiFi Calling and InFlight WiFi is great.

It sounds more like you can use the GoGo Equipped Wifi to send/receive SMS/MMS in-flight if you're on a TMO device.

 

The Wifi calling is pretty great, though. I get little to no reception in parts of my office, so i have a lot of calls go right to voicemail. We have a personal device wifi network, so if I had the ability to make & take calls, that'd be huge.

[Rawvega]

Is it true the IPhone won't get WiFi calling on Sprint? :-(

 

Sent from my Galaxy S5 on the Sprint Network

Who claimed that?

 

I don't know that anybody outside of the executives at Sprint could say for sure at this point.

 

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[sbolen]

Is it true the IPhone won't get WiFi calling on Sprint? :-(

 

Sent from my Galaxy S5 on the Sprint Network

Based on what? The slide from the Keynote that left Sprint off?

[Rawvega]

So T-Mobile just admitted they can't provide reliable in building coverage and they want to use your home data connection to support their network.....

To be fair, NO carrier can guarantee inside coverage in every home.

 

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[jamisonshaw125]

So T-Mobile just admitted they can't provide reliable in building coverage and they want to use your home data connection to support their network.....

Reliable in building coverage through your wifi connection lol?

[sbolen]

So T-Mobile just admitted they can't provide reliable in building coverage and they want to use your home data connection to support their network.....

Or, as the TMO Honks @ BGR said, "real or perceived" indoor issues. Lol

[joshuam]

Based on what? The slide from the Keynote that left Sprint off?

Legere said it... They partnered with Apple and are only US carrier to offer it. That will be a big deal for Sprint if it's true :-/

 

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[jamisonshaw125]

Legere said it... They partnered with Apple and are only US carrier to offer it. That will be a big deal for Sprint if it's true :-/

 

Sent from my Galaxy S5 on the Sprint Network

That can't be true....

[GoBigRed79]

It sounds more like you can use the GoGo Equipped Wifi to send/receive SMS/MMS in-flight if you're on a TMO device.

 

The Wifi calling is pretty great, though. I get little to no reception in parts of my office, so i have a lot of calls go right to voicemail. We have a personal device wifi network, so if I had the ability to make & take calls, that'd be huge.

 

You are correct about the GoGo being only text/MMS, overlooked that.

[Keitarou]

7.0 is pathetic at best. what about the places where there is no service on the road?

[EvanA]

Legere said it... They partnered with Apple and are only US carrier to offer it. That will be a big deal for Sprint if it's true :-/

 

Sent from my Galaxy S5 on the Sprint Network

Only carrier so far....

[khammondnm]

Only carrier so far....

Agreed.  I don't see that Apple has a reason to not partner with others too. 

[sbolen]

Legere said it... They partnered with Apple and are only US carrier to offer it. That will be a big deal for Sprint if it's true :-/

 

Sent from my Galaxy S5 on the Sprint Network

That seems kind of fishy. It's a feature in iOS 8 - why would it be restricted to just one carrier in the U.S.? Especially restricted to the carrier with the smallest number of iPhone subscribers?

 

It seems like an awful lot of work for Apple to engineer a Wifi calling option for one network.

[EvanA]

"From edge to edge" lol

[joshuam]

That seems kind of fishy. It's a feature in iOS 8 - why would it be restricted to just one carrier in the U.S.? Especially restricted to the carrier with the smallest number of iPhone subscribers?

 

It seems like an awful lot of work for Apple to engineer a Wifi calling option for one network.

I agree and I hope Sprint gets it. I love WiFi calling on my Galaxy S5. But Apple has done this before... AT&T only for a couple years... Lol

 

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[Paynefanbro]

"From edge to edge" lol

 

I caught that too!

[EvanA]

"Proprietary T-Mobile technology" i.e. frequency bands.

[EvanA]

Yeah..  this announcement was kind of a let down.  Sprint has provided the airave for free for a while.  WiFi calling? Everyone is doing that....

[Paynefanbro]

That router thing is a ruse to try to force you to stay on their network. It's a router/cell extender. If you replace your old router with their's and later decide you want to leave, SURPRISE! Suddenly you lost your free 802.11ac router.

[jp1992]

HD voice is only 28Kbps.  

 

That surprised me, figured it would be a little higher. 

[jamisonshaw125]

Someone should tweet this to LiARgere.

 

Edit: kinda forgot the img.

[joshuam]

Someone should tweet this to LiARgere.

 

Edit: kinda forgot the img.

Sweet! Thanks for doing that!

 

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[jamisonshaw125]

Sweet! Thanks for doing that!

 

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. [emoji106].

 

That is going to be an important feature for me in my black hole neighborhood.

 

 

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