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Wall Street can afford to pay for dedicated high speed connections. In its perfect world, everyone else can do likewise or "eat cake." AJ

You transposed some digits -- 1411.2 kbps. But that is not Tidal HiFi bit rate, which is variable. AJ

Spectrum availability has nothing to do with the Network Vision status in Lake George. AJ

I also hear that the New York Jets are a top 32 NFL team. AJ

Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, etc., are all top 50 markets, too. AJ

That is a two way street. Google does not point a finger and, voila, it just selects a Nexus OEM. The OEM has to accept or submit an RFP. Not every OEM is going to do so. Think about it. What does an OEM gain by making a Nexus device? A generally low margin, niche device with primarily Google branding, not OEM branding. To make matters even more attractive, that Nexus device could compete in the same product space as one of the OEM's own branded devices. See the Nexus 5 and the LG G2. In short, I highly doubt that Sony and BlackBerry were in the running this year or ever will be considered to be a Nexus OEM. AJ

VZW has not maintained its CDMA2000 network. Instead, VZW has let it rot like a decade old computer. No level comparison is possible. But, hey, user experience = scoreboard! AJ

Here's a question that I'd like to ask all of you ripping Windows 10 as an operating system. How many of you have actually used Windows 10? My experience at work has been way better on Windows 10. One day, I did a comparison at my workplace of one of the new touchscreen Windows 10 PCs that we just got to one of our legacy 10 year old Windows XP PCs that has not been rebooted this year and has a flickering CRT monitor. The user experience on Windows 10 is so much better. Windows 10 is the superior operating system. Before my comparison, I never would've believed it. Now, I'd have to say it's the truth. Never mind that my comparison is anecdotally based and logically flawed. Let's change to a related subject. Let's examine the reasons why my workplace has not bothered to update and maintain its Windows XP PCs when Microsoft has stopped supporting Windows XP. So, just overlook the apples to oranges comparison. My workplace is skating where the puck is going. That's what matters. And when your workplace is ready to switch, Windows 10 will work well for your user experience, too. Fraydog

No. You really are throwing out the red herrings and moving the goalposts tonight. Quit changing the topic, which is/was your apples to oranges comparison between VoLTE and CDMA1X. If you want to move on to other discussion, such as VZW rationale for investing in LTE and neglecting CDMA2000, then admit that your comparison inherently was flawed. After that, we can move on. AJ

No Magic 8 Ball necessary. Instead of moving the goalposts to an irrelevant question about CDMA2000 future viability, why not answer my questions honestly? No. No. No. And no. Those are the factual answers. So, your comparison actually is between a modernized, prioritized LTE network and a decrepit, weakened CDMA2000 network. VoLTE is only tangential to the situation. AJ

Has VZW modernized its CDMA2000 network? Has VZW deployed CDMA2000 on all new sites? Has VZW maintained all capacity in CDMA2000 spectrum bands? Does VZW have as many voice users on VoLTE as on CDMA 1X? AJ

My spidey sense says that there is more to this story. The Samsung Galaxy Note II is a really old handset at this point. Did you flash this PRL yourself? Did you buy this handset used? You may have created your own problem -- or stumbled into one that someone else created and passed off on you. AJ

I hear you on this one. Sprint should not violate Net Neutrality, in rule or spirit. But "unlimited" data and streaming video are a complex problem. "Unlimited" data is a vestige of the past -- when people generally used under 1 GB/mo and streamed less on smaller, lower resolution screens. Now, handsets are far too powerful, people far too ignorant and/or entitled for "unlimited" data to persist without restrictions. T-Mobile is at fault. Magenta started it by opening up this Pandora's box of free candy and Net Neutrality violations. In the current competitive environment, Sprint has little choice but to be dragged along and follow suit. So, take your pick. You can have up to two of three -- maybe only one, definitely not all three. "Unlimited" data. Unfettered HD streaming video. Current or lower prices. AJ

Sprint may allow you to retain those legacy plans out of contract, month to month without any changes. But subsidized upgrades need to go away yesterday. And that appears to be the direction Sprint is headed. AJ

You are not disagreeing with me. You are arbitrarily changing the scope from VoLTE and VoIP OTT to CDMA1X, though I said nothing about running CDMA1X voice carriers forever. Retirement of CDMA2000 is still several years away. And some remaining spectrum -- namely, slivers of Sprint's PCS A/B block 15 MHz FDD and SMR X block 7 MHz FDD allocations -- never will be suitable for LTE. Continuing to run CDMA1X in those guard bands would cause little harm. But that is a different discussion. Regardless, VoLTE or VoIP OTT would serve the same function of moving voice traffic over to LTE, thereby lessening the load on CDMA1X. AJ

Sorry, but it is ludicrous to believe that you pay a $20-25/mo charge and a $35/mo charge -- both charges just for the handset. No, you pay only one charge. The $20-25/mo charge is for people who want a "$200 phone" -- because they believe that handsets cost $200 like they always have. Those people pay $200 upfront, just like an upgrade under the contract subsidy system, then pay down the rest of the balance via the $20-25/mo charge. It is a ridiculous system to appease ignorant people who refuse to believe that, yes, handsets do cost $700 at full price. AJ

No, the button is not broken. The problem almost certainly lies with your settings, which you probably accidentally changed. Under View New Content, check the left hand column. If your filters are too specific, there will be no new content to view. AJ

I normally do not quote lengthy posts in their entirety. That is bad forum etiquette. But, in the case that you edit your post further, I have quoted it all for the record. The words "scum of the earth," "drain," and "leech" are yours, not mine. Nothing that I wrote took advantage of my position at S4GRU. Nothing that I wrote broke the rules. Nothing that I wrote was offensive. Nothing that I wrote bulled anyone. What I wrote was honest analysis of the situation, followed by a suggested action. Any other member of S4GRU would have been and is free to write the same. Correct, S4GRU openly establishes itself as an information site, not a Sprint advocacy site. Rarely, if ever will you see any staff member try to recruit a user to Sprint. But that does not mean we are forbidden to advocate that certain users seek or take their service elsewhere. As for "doom," on its present course, Sprint is doomed. If Sprint continues "unlimited" data and contract subsidy at legacy price points, it is doomed. If droves leave because Sprint discontinues those policies, Sprint also is doomed. But I will take that latter chance, as it is predicated on a condition that may not happen. People may be unhappy, they may threaten to leave, but they may not see much better options elsewhere. To that end, just look at T-Mobile last week. AJ

I am referring primarily to Sprint. You know that some here and elsewhere who are pining for Sprint to enable VoLTE for simultaneous voice/data immediately will turn into ingrates if they then cannot use VoLTE on certain unlocked handsets. As for VoLTE, it seems like a solution in search of a problem. Who needs it? I have seen no evidence that VoLTE QoS is absolutely necessary. By its own nature, LTE is a fragile airlink. VoLTE QoS is unlikely to save a call from dropping if the LTE airlink becomes unstable. Robustness comes not from QoS but from signal quality and capacity -- both of which are being achieved through densification. Meanwhile, VoIP OTT has been around for years. Maybe the operators should get out of the voice business altogether. Various VoIP OTT dialers have almost ubiquitous compatibility and can figure out interoperability -- even if the latter means a lowest common denominator of dumping the call onto the PTSN most of the time. Google already is doing that with the Hangouts Dialer, while Apple and Microsoft easily are capable of doing likewise. Forget VoLTE. Let the operators be just the "dumb pipes" that consumers by and large want them to be. AJ

To my knowledge, I have never posted on XDA. You have me confused with someone else. Or someone else is impersonating me. But, bar none, "unlimited" data, sweetheart legacy plans, and contract subsidy are bad for Sprint and the rest of us. Because somebody has to pay the piper. Ultimately, that ends up being Sprint and the rest of us. And that is why some of us legitimately get irked at laments, complaints, or threats over discontinuation of any of the aforementioned. AJ

Great. There is the next frontier of complaints. Sprint or any operator implements VoLTE, and we get to hear Joe Unlocked grousing, "Why won't VoLTE work on my Googorolawei OneMinus Nexus? This is bullshit!" AJ

And where does the money for those third party retailer deals come from? Not out of thin air. Think about it. Are Best Buy, Sam's Club, etc., really giving you, for example, $300 off, drastically cutting their margins or even losing money on the deal? No, at least some of that money comes from Sprint in the form of commissions for contract sales/renewals. And if contract subsidy goes away, so do those big commissions -- which, by the way, are part of the reason, part of the problem why so many handsets have inflated full prices in the $700 range. So, yes, please go to VZW or elsewhere. Jump ship like a rat. If you are not satisfied with Sprint and can afford other service, then you should not be using Sprint in the first place. Do not use a service you do not like just because it is cheap. AJ

That is a proprietary solution, requiring custom firmware or operator bloatware. People who care about VoLTE -- not I -- seem to want 3GPP/3GPP2 standard solutions compatible with BYOD, etc. AJ

Very different. The first combination long has supported simultaneous transmission. The second combination has not. AJ

I know you'd like to think T-Mobile shit don't stank But lean a little bit closer See that Magenta really smells like poo-poo-ooo-ooo AJ