WiWavelength

The EVO LTE is an RF challenged handset. It will leave you with unduly bad impressions of the Sprint LTE network. The Nexus 5 is your best bet, as it is the current RF champ. AJ

For the time being, you will not be able to swap SIMs among Sprint handsets -- even if they all have removable SIMs. You can certainly switch among Sprint handsets, but full CDMA2000 authentication requires that you switch the handsets in your account online, via chat, or over the phone. If that is a big inconvenience for you, Sprint may not be a good fit. AJ

Drop the "RTT." Honestly, after a dozen years, I no longer even recall what the "RTT" stands for, and most of us just refer to "1X" in some way, shape, or form. So, let the uppercase or lowercase debate rage, but I would recommend the following: 1X 1900 1X 800 AJ

Are you factoring in the $20 "unlimited" data buy up on any or all of those five lines? If so, that is basically your cost increase. The price of "unlimited" data is going up. People are using more and more "unlimited" data, so Sprint has to pour more and more CAPEX into spectrum, channel cards, and backhaul. This discussion may get moved to a more appropriate location -- even if it is that black sheep of a Framily thread. But we can continue the dialogue here for now. AJ

I would recommend posting this in the Framily thread, too, where a number of people are up in arms over the non contract, non subsidy paradigm shift. I think their issue is that they are looking at overall cost, not fully breaking down the accounting into separate service and device costs. Their lower overall cost, if true, tends not to come from subsidized upgrades but from the many double super secret perks and discounts -- such as SERO, retention plans, and corporate discounts -- that Sprint has doled out and/or people have finagled from Sprint over the years. Sprint needs to move to a simpler plan and billing structure; Framily is a step in that direction. If people lose some of their double super secret perks and discounts, good. It is about time, and I will not shed a tear -- even though my own corporate discount will be affected. AJ

This sounds like a failed handoff, not interference. You may be looking at the other operators sites in search of a cause, but their presence is probably just coincidence. AJ

No, the Galaxy S5 Prime gets you free shipping and unlimited video streaming. But it costs you an extra $79 per year. AJ

I feel bad for you, son. I got 99 problems, but your Framily bitch ain't one. The customer service complaints need to stop. They violate the rules. No one wants to hear your Framily plan problems any more than to see your painfully slow speed tests. If you require resolution, direct your issues to Sprint, not S4GRU. AJ

Yes, I question the relevance of that post in this thread. If not band 26 LTE 800, it does not belong here. It should be in the appropriate market thread. AJ

And now if you are at least 30 years old, you are going to be subconsciously doing this for the rest of the day... AJ

What is love. Lady don't hurt me, don't hurt me, no more... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhrBDcQq2DM Oh, wait, that was Haddaway. AJ

That does not make any sense. You are currently paying $200 upfront plus a service plan inflated by $20 in subsidy every month. You can afford that, not to mention, you can afford to travel abroad. But you cannot afford to make a downpayment and a monthly payment on Easy Pay? Huh? It is basically the same thing as the contract subsidy system. AJ

Even a persistent 1 Mbps stream over LTE with the rest carried by Wi-Fi could be enough to soak most of a sector. Multiply that persistent 1 Mbps stream by 15 among the 300 or so users per sector, and the sector is already running at 50-100 percent utilization. AJ

Yes, those of you who like to use your handsets on the toilet, rejoice. But just remember that water resistance does not equal pee and poop immunity. AJ

The info you seek is the kind of info that Mosaik Solutions tracks. If you have a few thousand dollars... AJ

That was kind of a mean thing to do. You should not rattle the monkeys' cage. Otherwise, do not be surprised when they throw feces at you. AJ

Maybe for band 41, it could pulse as a blue light special. Oh, wait, that is Kmart, not Walmart. AJ

Conspiracy! Conspiracy! Mike is trying to make Jeff Bezos type money! AJ

Go ahead. Leave. Get a representative sample, and you will find more of the same customer service from other national providers. Face it. These front line jobs suck. They do not attract talented people who want to work in the wireless industry. The workers are just trying to make ends meet in unsatisfying jobs. You may be better informed than they are. Fine. You may have to do a bit of work to point out that info. Fine. Get used to it. Now, as to your post, you are more and more becoming a malcontent in The Forums. We know that you are apparently not happy with the retirement of contract subsidy plans. But we do not host Sprint rants. Read the rules. AJ

Nope. To paraphrase a well known axiom, do not attribute to malice that which can be explained by incompetence. You can believe whatever you want. But do not make scandalous accusations that you cannot prove. S4GRU is not going to host those. And I think just about everyone can agree to that. AJ

But, but, but I gotta have SVLTE so I can talk with my girl and simultaneously chat on Facebook with my on the down low girl. AJ

Data abusers with massive e-penises. AJ

It looks like somebody changed the thread title. Remember, do not do that to a longstanding thread without including the previous title in parentheses or brackets. As for the Samsung Galaxy S5, it is one of the first handsets to support Wi-Fi 2x2 MIMO, but it also includes a "Download Booster" that uses Wi-Fi and LTE simultaneously for greater throughput. That is potentially bad news because many users then are going to be on both Wi-Fi and LTE at home when they should be on only Wi-Fi. This is just going to chip away at LTE capacity for those truly mobile users away from Wi-Fi. Grrr... AJ

e/CSFB roaming is supposed to be coming in the future. If it has already been implemented, I will be shocked. AJ

Yes, it is fair. We have had so many magenta loving posts that we have had to place a moratorium on T-Mobile threads because of it. If you want to dump on Sprint's 3GPP2 fallback and talk up some other operator's 3GPP fallback, take it elsewhere. S4GRU staff is tired of it. AJ