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26 minutes ago, JonnygATL said:

Watched a few hands on videos with the device today and am impressed by not just its appearance but with its camera software and audio centric focus as well. Then there's that headphone jack which, for my needs, is still a better fit.  If Google Play Edition models were still made then this would be the dream device I never owned!

 Seems that now even LG Is doing away with some of the things everyone liked

43 minutes ago, Dkoellerwx said:

The new mobile site is pretty nice, easier to use than the old one. 

It even loads quicker to on the mobile phone.

2 minutes ago, S4GRU said:

That was a DNS problem.  Not related to Tapatalk or the upgrade.

 I find it inconvenient that I can’t access it through Tapatalk... but as you said it’s out of our hands. 

9 minutes ago, S4GRU said:

Unfortunately the current release of Tapatalk is not working with the current release of IP Board that we are on.  It will supposedly be fixed on the next update of Tapatalk.  But we are still on the 8/17 release when I just checked a few mins ago.  It is out of our hands.

I had problems last week accessing the site. It said of 404 error not found. But it works now though. That was strange.

7 minutes ago, bigsnake49 said:

With all the midband and 2.5GHz spectrum the combined company will have they should not never be overloaded. When they do then you might want to add lower bands.

 But also you need the proper backhaul to.. you can only add so much capacity to one tower.  But also to densify means you can keep up with data and voice demands.

17 minutes ago, bigsnake49 said:

I don't believe that they have to densify even more. Just select the best sites and put 1900, AWS and 2.5 on all of them. Selectively add small cells to cover the 2.5 GHz gaps. Then selectively add low frequency spectrum to where it's needed (definitely to suburban, exurban and rural locales). Use 600, 700 and 800Mhz as preferred frequencies for VOLTE, as coverage layer and backup when no other band covers. Use the low frequency bands as an overlay not necessarily on every site.

Well my thing is you should put low band on every site. Because even with the higher and mid band spectrum You still need to add those extra layers and on every site in order to keep the other bands from getting overloaded. But I do understand your concept though.

1 hour ago, dro1984 said:

IBEZ is getting worked out too.   We now have 800 mHz here in Detroit, which up till now was a no go!   

 

To all those freaking out of possible price increases due to this merger,... what make you think that prices aren't going up regardless?  Did you think Free service for a year is maintainable financially?    Free unlimited Data at HD level?  Sustainable?  Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T are already buffering speeds down to 480p or less...(unless you willing to pay more $$$)    You think Sprint isn't smelling this and  going to wait?   I doubt it.    I just can't image you guys are deep thinking this situation very well and your own personal greed is driving your fears. Get over it or take on a Mobile Mart prepay phone and ease your fears.   I whole-heartily agree with  Snake and others on here... Sprint's Network isn't the most dense or even complete.    They have the spectrum... they just don't have the ways and means (read $) to execute and put it to use.     And all the 2500 mHz is great, but it travels very short distances unless you densify the network using Macro and Mini's.    

i m not surprised sprint is trying for a merger...but T-Mobile as well....they want sprints subscriber base and the extra PCS SMR and EBS and BRS Spectrum would give them a huge boost in spectrum...but then with all the extra subscribers they will need to densify even more..

11 minutes ago, JonnygATL said:

Right. What someone else said and something I have yet to look more into, as I previously indicated.  Once I have time to hear more firsthand reports I'll be able to make a better informed decision which,  as I understand it, is one of the benefits of this forum.  Pure Google and timely updates are hugely important to me but not so much if I can't latch onto a band 41 signal (for example) as well as my pre-existing device (in this case a galaxy S7 Edge) . These considerations are more than worthy of attention. 

I wouldn't call anything I said even coming remotely close to '"nodding in accordance" but you clearly have your perceptions and I definitely have mine. I have no intention of implying they should necessarily be congruous.

Yeah I preferred to have the most up-to-date network hardware on the phone. so it is future proof..I hate having a phone that has lousy reception or an out dated lte modem.

On 10/8/2017 at 6:05 PM, avb said:

I agree - for a single line it' a great deal. 

It’s a fantastic deal. But for a multi person plan I would not recommend Xfinity mobile.

On 10/8/2017 at 5:00 PM, avb said:

Does using data while on xfinity wifi hotspots count against data?  Because that's free data usage if you're on another carrier but have xfinity for home broadband.

I also found out that there is no speed or data cap on the WiFi hotspot on the phone

On 10/8/2017 at 6:02 PM, Jones said:

I read that BYOD would start end of 2017 as well as Wi-Fi calling. I'm thinking I'm going to switch (to avoid being forced onto T-mobile) and try to bring my Sprint phone.

I get speeds in excess of 80 MB a second before I get throttled to 1.5 MB a second

On 10/6/2017 at 4:26 AM, Thomas L. said:

Can you activate it on any Verizon phone?

hey by the way to answer your question.. i just popped my xfinity mobile sim chip into my verizon htc M9 and it actually works! i can make phone calls and everything!

Just now, Jones said:

I read that BYOD would start end of 2017 as well as Wi-Fi calling. I'm thinking I'm going to switch (to avoid being forced onto T-mobile) and try to bring my Sprint phone.

Is it an iPhone that you’re trying to bring? Usually iPhones or more easily allowed on the MNVO carriers like this.  It does run off of Verizon wireless so we will have to see what happens. And if they can able both of those I would be ecstatic.

1 minute ago, avb said:

WiFi calling isn't a big deal to me. I do want a better phone selection than what' currently offered. 

 I totally agree with you on that. I save about $40 compared to T-Mobile and the coverage I get  actually much better. If you read the entire post it runs off of Verizon wireless 2G 3G and 4G LTE. I would highly recommend them once their selection gets better.

3 minutes ago, avb said:

Nice. I might have to look into Xfinity once they allow byod. At my office there is an Xfinity Hotspot available so I'm good there. Their throttled speeds are fine because 1.5Mb/s is basically they same throttle for streaming video that all the carriers use for for non-hd video streaming. 

 The service was just launched back in April. So I don’t know when  they will allow BYOD . Is having Wi-Fi calling a big deal to you? And I have tested the hotspot and it works fine on my iPhone.

1 hour ago, avb said:

Does using data while on xfinity wifi hotspots count against data?  Because that's free data usage if you're on another carrier but have xfinity for home broadband.

no it doesnt count against data at all. and when your off the Xfinity wifi hotspot if you have the unlimited data plan which i recommend the data speeds are great. but the only draw backs are that wifi calling isnt turned on yet. and after you pass the 20 gigabyte threshold they will throttle you to 1.5 MPBS. 

1 hour ago, bigsnake49 said:

Oh it will be very good for the companies because their Capex will be spread out over twice the number of customers. It might lead to increased prices but T-Mobile was starting to raise theirs. The 2016 situation of free iPhones and low plan prices was not sustainable.

ah ok i get what your saying...and it can then in turn help them build out and expand their network...

3 hours ago, bigsnake49 said:

It means that they will have less debt than Verizon and AT&T. The problem with the new company will be that it will have about 68 million postpaid customers compared with about 87M for AT&T and 107M for Verizon so that it will presumably have less revenue than the other two.

So how does that help them then? I don’t see the merger being very good for the other company.

4 minutes ago, bigsnake49 said:

No it won't. The combined company will be much less leveraged than AT&T and Verizon.

I assume that is a bad thing

5 minutes ago, utiz4321 said:

The new company will have the debt of both companies. 

So the debt will be balanced out I presume?

1 hour ago, bigsnake49 said:

No break up fee.

The article stated that there wouldn’t be any break up fees.....which I am not surprised but if this merger does go through I hope soft bank eats a majority of sprints debt...if I was T-Mobile I wouldn’t even take the merger offer unless SoftBank agrees to paid off the majority of sprints debt...that best load would cripple T-Mobile...

1 hour ago, twitch said:

No wifi calling is a deal breaker. 

 They said they said it will  be enabled by the end of the year 

1 hour ago, anthony.spina97 said:

I got Black. I’ve had Gold for my last two phones and wanted a change of scenery, specificly the front of the device.

 

-Anthony

i have the gold version and it looks ok ..and battery life seems great so i guess i m lucky.

27 minutes ago, S4GRU said:

Yeah, people assume this is a foregone conclusion. I'm not so certain.  Govt approval may not be a slam dunk.

Yes I have a YouTube channel and I am posting videos on what’s going on with the merger and people are coming to me asking Oh is it already done? And I tell them don’t watch those other videos on YouTube those are all just a bunch of rumors. And I told them they could take a few months before his other denied or approved.

1 hour ago, travismheim said:

Do you know if you can have Apple Care on the iPhone's or do you have to have their own insurance? My sister currently has a iPhone 7 on lease and my dad has a LG G6 on installment billing so I would need to figure that part out but she only uses Apple Care. How was the porting process? They live in CA and I live in NY so doing anything with changing our family plan always seems way harder than it should be.

for apple care i m not to sure about...but they do provide their own insurance for 12 dollars a month per phone. there are no multi line discounts. there is no bring your own device policy.you can only use a phone with their service that you buy off their website..they have unlimited data..but after passing the 20 gig threshold you are throttled back to only 1.5 MBPS.  i was able to easily port my number from tmobile even though i owed them money...so it should be fairly easy.

2 minutes ago, travismheim said:

Are there stores you can sign up in? My dad and sister still live in a Comcast area and have their internet and cable tv already and I was going to mention this to them. They are currently on my Framily plan but Sprint service isn't great in their town and this seems pretty cheap. My dad never uses any data, so his line would basically be free or am I missing something?

 You have to sign up over the phone or on their website. And you can only use a phone you buy from their website.  There is no bring your own device policy yet. So you would have to buy a phone from them either out right or finance it. And you can only get insurance when you purchased the phone you cannot add it later.

3 hours ago, rocketr said:

The RF in the Pixel 2 XL is really a turn off. The V30 is capable of 4X CA and the Pixel is not.  

thats lame! thats why i didnt get the Pixel 2 ...... thats why i am going the the V30....

3 hours ago, avb said:

For a single line their price is very competitive (assuming you already have them for home broadband service).  Are there any shared plans or discounts for multi lines?

i have their home internet service..and there are no discounts for multi line plans...i didnt even have to finance much of the iphone 7 Plus...now the only other down side to the service is after 20 gigs of data they throttle you to 1.5 megs a second...