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  1. WiWavelength
    With a VZW prepaid pay per week data only plan at $15 for 500 MB, would a SIM popped into a handset activate? Or would the authentication system detect the IMEI/MEID as that of a phone and reject it? AJ
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    Hmm, interesting. AT&T must have added a GoPhone pay per day plan recently. One was not available the last time that I checked. I have a T-Mobile prepaid pay per day plan grandfathered at $3 for 200 MB -- the current pay per day plan is $5 for 500 MB. I use a pay per day maybe 3-4 times per year, tops, just to check up on the competition. I have been limited to T-Mobile, but now I may pick up a GoPhone SIM today. It would work perfectly in my 2015 Moto X or Nexus 5X. AJ
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    Or think of the situation like this. Hey, kids, look! Free candy! Free puppies! Come inside the van with no windows. It is safe. You can trust us. AJ
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    Not $100 million. AJ
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    I am the government. You are the government. We are the government. But that does not seem to assure you. So, you should move to Mogadishu. Somalia is lovely year round -- a beautiful experiment in libertarianism/anarchism. No government will confiscate nor regulate your tinfoil hat. Only the warlords might take it from you. But, with completely unfettered free enterprise, maybe you could become a warlord, too. AJ
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    Do not laugh yet, Josh. Monopsony has the speculators over a barrel. But they still may turn a small investment into a multi million dollar return. AJ
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    Gateways and portals are "bad chicken." But, then, people become addicted. AJ
  8. WiWavelength
    But we also must consider the context of the time. A decade ago, Net Neutrality was not the concern that it is today. AJ
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    There is a simple solution: do not use an iPhone. You wall yourself off from Wi-Fi Calling SMS, not to mention, Google Voice SMS, which is a service similar to iMessage. AJ
  10. WiWavelength
    You might want to bite the bullet and just pay $300 for the Nexus 5X. In one fell swoop, that would cover all of your bases -- except for AT&T band 30. It might not be as cost effective as buying individual handsets on the cheap, but it could be close. And you would gain the advantage of carrying around only separate SIMs, not juggling several different handsets while out and about. AJ
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    The Nexus 5 does not support band 13. It was never a VZW compatible handset. http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/entry-351-teaser-is-the-lg-d820-the-nexus-5/ AJ
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    I think we have our undisputed winner for T-Mobile network congestion. That is, unless someone magically can produce a 0 Mbps down, 10 Mbps up speed test. AJ
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    We do not have an AT&T thread, so this is the best policy discussion location. AT&T, too, is bumping up rates on grandfathered "unlimited" data plans: http://www.cnet.com/news/at-t-really-wants-you-off-that-unlimited-data-plan/ AJ
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    Or get a 2015 Moto X. But you still do not get what you want -- which is not even roaming at will, but service at will. Maybe that will come with nascent virtual SIM technology. Right on the device, choose from all available providers, no contract, just available rates. Change providers or services at will. That is years off. Maybe Apple will make it happen. AJ
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    Samsung Galaxy Note 5. The Smallest Big Phone I Have Ever Used. AJ
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    AT&T and T-Mobile intentionally exclude CDMA2000 from their devices. So, never think of them as the good hearted, open armed "GSM" operators. And roaming is a business decision. As long as we stick to the current wireless service competitive market, the only FCC role is to ensure FRAND roaming rates, not to enforce roaming for everyone on every network. AJ
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    So, should the FCC also make AT&T and T-Mobile add to their handsets CDMA2000 band classes 0/1/10, not to mention, LTE bands 13/25/26/41? If not, that is one sided bullshit -- playing favorites for the good hearted "GSM" operators and against the evil "CDMA" operators. AJ
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    You mean in 3-5 years from now? Who knows? But any loss would be only CDMA2000 roaming. Sprint could ink an LTE roaming deal with VZW. Sprint instead could go with LTE roaming on AT&T -- or maybe even with T-Mobile. R-E-L-A-X. Do not worry about it. Time will tell the tale. And there is a lot of time left. AJ
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    VZW lease or not, band 13 is worthless to Sprint. Sprint handsets do not support it. Let us make that clear so as to stem any further confusion. AJ
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    My post was not a response to you. But you or U can assume whatever you want. AJ
  21. WiWavelength
    When UR an urban idiot itz hard 2 right U. AJ
  22. WiWavelength
    And those are roughly equivalent signal levels on LTE and EV-DO, so the transition point is more or less appropriate. AJ
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    LG V10

    WiWavelength replied to smooth25's topic in LG

    Eh, look at the source: Sprint Community. I would take that report with a heavy grain of salt. Sprint Community is not a reliable source of information. What S4GRU can say is that no Sprint compatible LG handset has passed through the FCC OET in the past two months. Unless or until that happens, an LG V10 variant is not coming to Sprint. AJ
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    Negative, Josh, not positive. Negative. AJ
  25. WiWavelength
    Great idea. Only because of your mental suggestion did I discover that my primary credit card has a 90 day price protection benefit. The $80 means relatively little to me, but it will be nice to receive that credit. And I do think that the Nexus 5X -- while a nice handset and solid performer -- is more appropriately placed at the starting price of $300. With Robert's destroyed Nexus 6P reimbursement and now this Nexus 5X price protection, the credit card fairy has blessed S4GRU this holiday season. AJ
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