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I have the new Netgear hotspot that has tri-band LTE. However, the problem pops up when LTE b41 start to commerce. LTE B41 signal is significantly weaker than B25 in many area. And my hotspot is always have B41 in higher priority than B25. So even if B41 signal is too weak to be useful, it still tries to connect.   Is the priority in PRL? or hard coded? 

I know I can't roam on a Verizon Airave equivalent.

My Sprint phone did roam on Verizon Network extender once

I do know that Ntelos will work off of a Airave.

Good to know

I'm assuming you are asking for someone with a non-Sprint device attempt to roam on an Airave?

Yes

Have anyone tried this? Have a Verizon phone Roaming on Airave!  Not sure if it is possible? So want to see if anyone has tried it.

The thing is, unlimited data is not an innovation. In good old times, all carriers has unlimited data. However, Other carrier later find out their network cannot handle such a huge data volume and go to metered data. Yes. Sprint do hand on to unlimited with a price of poor customer experience. In root metric reports, sprint usually stay at bottom in terms of network speed. And now, even Sprint has a crack. The new My way plan also give you an option not to be unlimited.  And Sprint is the last one to offer jump-like plans. What I expect is innovative plan that might shake up the whole eco system. T-mobile did achieved that. What did Sprint do?

Historically Sprint has had a lot of technological first. More recently they have maintained unlimited data. That has forced T-mobile to keep some type of limited data. While I think its great that T-Mobile is trying to change the landscape I dont think that is a very important metric when deciding who you are going to give your money to. Sometimes being first does not mean you are the best.

Well, the unlimited Data is meaningless if you do not get LTE

Really?

I mean T-Mobile really has some good ideas, e.g. force everybody to do the jump thing. But I have not see any brilliant idea coming out of Sprint and/or successfully force everyone else to follow suit?

Yes. T-mobile achieved a lot. But I never see Sprint achieved a thing.

310000 looks like verizon's ID

Maybe Robert should run an article detail some basic on CDMA. How the paging works and NID, SID, LAC etc

I am not saying we want single zone. I was trying to figure out why connecting to different zone will cause problems.

No, that is incorrect.  Whether they are called NIDs, LACs, "paging zones," etc., every cellular wireless technology geographically segments networks in some way.  There is simply not enough MSC capacity nor paging channel capacity to have an entire network be a single "zone."

 

AJ

And could someone explain why when phone connecting to different tower with different NID will causing incoming call issue?  GSM never has a similar issue

And they could use Ting to sell metered data without damaging Sprint's Unlimited Data Brand Name.

A few things to note:1) Sprint has enough spectrum to go around 2) These MVNOs are very valuable for poaching customers from other carriers. Ting for instance has the following breakdown: 30% Verizon 28% Sprint  21% AT&T 12% T-Mobile 9% Other.  Rather than think of MVNOs like competing carriers it would be more apt to think of them as low cost plans to draw in people who don't want/need unlimited data/minutes/texts or are adverse to signing contracts at a carrier. 

 

My personal view is that Sprint MVNOs are great (full disclosure, I currently have 2 lines on Ting). Why? There are plenty of customers seeking to pay less and if those subscribers are going to leave, which they absolutely will, you may as well steal subscribers from yourself. If Ting and other MVNOs didn't offer cheap Sprint network plans I would have moved to AT&T/Verizon or one of their MVNOs. I don't see myself signing a carrier contract unless my job starts paying for it or my data usage goes up considerably. My price to pay for this is unsubsidized phones and often a delay in the availability of new phones. That seems a fair trade off while segregating the availability of service does not. 

Is there a map for TD-LTE?

Or a list of cities have TD-LTE?

So, it is a problem related to the basic design of CDMA. If you live near the boundary of NID, your phone would probably bounce on / off different towers in different NID and causing some issue with incoming calls. Why would a phone not keep connecting to one tower if you are not moving?

Update.  So after giving this a fair amount of time I have come to the conclusion that the NID consolidation here DID NOT fix the missed incoming calls problem.  Still have the exact same issues as I always had before.  So I'm thinking that even though the cell sites around here are now on the same NID, there still must be two separate sub switches in that NID that still produce the same symptoms as being on the NID boundary did before.  Very disappointing.  AJ, any idea on this?

Isn't a missing incoming call an NV update issue? I have that for a while as Customer service tell me because they are doing the upgrade. And it gone when NV update complete in the area.

Could someone explain to me, what happen if you stay at the boundary of NID?

Just want to know, if Network Vision is capable of adding support for GSM or other technology?

100G caps is pretty reasonable and I'm OK with it

There will never be a truly unlimited wireless ISP option due to how much the "last mile" is shared. Even Clear has a soft cap of about 100GB. One can only hope that if Sprint offers fixed wireless at all that the caps are generous.

 

If you want a truly unlimited connection you'd best start lobbying your local government to build out a FTTH network that they could then choose to lease out or operate themselves.

Yeah depending on the area, Verizon is pushing strictly their fiber solution.

Hoping in future, Sprint will have an LTE based home internet (with unlimited data )

Um why you didnt get cable internet? just wondering

Cable's price was going over the roof. And apparently Verizon start to refuse providing DSL services.

I dont agree with cable either i have 2 renters in my home that want internet, i told them i didn't want any modifications to the walls so i told them about clear and now they are happy

As a responsible landlord, if you don't want them to modify the wall, you should provide them the Internet and modify the wall as you wanted.

So, that's possible to active a Clear device with Sprint

Clear no longer accept new customers....

What a pity. Now I don't have alternative home internet choices other than big cable company....