MrZorbatron

Sprint has apparently pulled the plug on its MVNO PrepaYd Wireless. Anyone here have any insight into what caused the dispute? Did PrepaYd just not pay their bill, or perhaps they were knowingly activating devices from Virgin Mobile or iPhones. That would perhaps explain the anti-trust allegation, rather than the more reasonable breach of contract, given the two were contracted parties. [/size]

 

http://www.prepaidphonenews.com/2014/02/sprint-has-terminated-prepayd-wireless.html

It's not a valid anti-trust case.  Such an allegation makes no sense, as Sprint's market position places it nowhere near "trust" status.  I agree with everyone else, it's much more likely that they are either allowing the use of prohibited hardware on Sprint's network (such as "flashed" Sprint phones in bad standing, Boost, or Virgin phones) or it's for financial reasons such as being substantially behind on payment for services.

 

I don't know of any details.  But since this is not a common trait of Sprint, in fact it seems the opposite, I would have to conclude that there must have been serious breaches of contract on the side of the MVNO.  

 

Sprint likes the MVNO business and heavily promotes it.  If Sprint canceled the contract, the violations must be pretty clear cut and spelled out in the contract.  We will see how far these threats of lawsuits go.

 

Robert

If it does go to lawsuit, I doubt it will get very far.  Some stupid little "cellular dropshipper" has nowhere near the legal capacity or budget that Sprint does.

 

Additionally, this suit, which has yet to be filed, will be filed in a very insignificant court if it ever is at all.  A county district court in Nevada is not the venue that would decide a matter of this magnitude.  I would expect a Federal district  court to be the first step if they were actually serious about going forward with this.

O P is an ISP, and is quite knowledgeable about FCC requirements.

Didn't know that.

 

The OP wants the backhaul gear, not the endpoint gear. That means he wants the microwave P2P transmission gear.

I did understand that. I was talking about the microwave backhaul hardware.

Some of their backhaul radios may be retained by Sprint.

 

You should also know that most designs they use run in licensed bands.  As such, it is not legal to sell them to someone who is not FCC licensed.  Additionally, even if you could purchase them, it would be a combination of illegal and irresponsible to attempt to install/operate them without registration and approval with the FCC.  Improper installation could cause serious interference issues, and they ARE pretty good at tracking that stuff down, especially when you're interfering with either a telecom's equipment or somebody's high dollar corporate radio WAN links.

 

You might look into a product called Air Fiber from Ubiquiti.  Most of those models can operate in unlicensed bands, are designed to be easier to set up, and are moderately inexpensive.  A couple of thousand dollars can have you a 2000-5000 meter gigabit link if you have line of sight.

 

Dragonwave makes a few unlicensed products as well, though their hardware tends to be more carrier-centric and more complicated to install.  I would consider their hardware to be more robust and reliable, though it is more expensive.

Opera Next or old school v12?

12. Opera Next is the test version of their standard Chromium-based Opera. There are actually 3 versions currently distributed.

Opera.  It handles multiple tabs better than any other browser I have used.

 

The only annoyance is that you often have to fake your user agent to identify as Internet Explorer because a lot of stupid web designers check for Opera and either put up a message or redirect you.  It has this feature built in, probably because old versions (Before 8) of Opera were a little off compatibility wise.

Just go to a local shop and get a repair estimate / quote drawn up and provide it to AmEx. I do not believe they are going to hassle you to much over it and if the estimate starts to get close to the cost of the laptop they will simply credit you.

be careful with American Express. A lot of the time, there very hard on merchants. Whether or not the merchant was at fault, and insurance claim will likely result in the entire charge amount being reversed on to the company that initially sold the computer. if that's best buy, then whatever. If some little independent shop for this stupid enough to sell asus, it really is unforrtunate to have that happen to them. I would rather have the situation go through Asus warranty.

#1:  Stop going to Best Buy.  Their techs are as stupid as they come and they sell garbage.  Their so called Expert is just looking through a bigger book than their basic tech.  Best Buy refuses to acknowledge or employ industry standard certifications and credentials for technicians.

#2:  Do your own diagnostic work.  Find out what causes the latency if you can.  Try another connection.

#3:  Update your wireless drivers.  Get the update from the site of the manufacturer of your wireless card.  DO NOT download one of those stupid driver update programs that you see all over the Internet, they are virus-ridden scamware.

#4:  If a different charger doesn't charge your computer, it's likely that you have a mainboard problem.  Asus laptops are not known for repairability, so odds are that it can't be fixed.  You will get at least a new board out of the deal.

#5:  Do not EVER go to a chain technical service EVER AGAIN!  No Worst Buy, no Office Max, no Staples, no Nerds for Hire, etc.  They all work out of playbooks and don't really care about you as a customer.  They also don't pay their technicians crap, so they get really crappy technicians because the good ones can make more than a piddly $15 or so per hour anywhere else.

 

PM me if you want more help.  I am a technology professional and I will help you as much as I can.

No, I guarantee that the flip phone does not support EVRC-NW. Though CDMA1X Advanced should not be necessary, EVRC-NW seems to have gotten wrapped up in that standard.

 

Regardless, the end point of your call should have no bearing on your codec in use. For example, the codec is not selected via a mutual "handshake" method -- à la dialup modems. As necessary, transcoding is applied in between the call end points. And any call that hits the POTS network gets transcoded to POTS quality.

 

So, a call to an old Sprint flip phone could be EVRC-NW on one end, EVRC on the other. A call to a T-Mobile phone could be EVRC-NW on one end, AMR-WB on the other -- both support HD Voice standards, but the call will be transcoded to POTS quality in the middle leg. The same holds true for your VoIP landline.

 

AJ

Yes! And this can create noticeable artifact.

I came to read about TDD spotting and an e-penis measuring contest broke out.

Moo?

Wait, are you talking about Clear or Sprint now? Regardless, handoffs between band 41 and any other FDD band will be hard due to the nature of the beast, but it shouldn't be a big deal.

No harder than handoff between FDD bands, i.e. bad.  I am very displeased with the single radio path Sprint is taking with their new devices.  Korea and Japan are showing off 2-3 band LTE-A carrier aggregation and we are cutting radios out of handsets.  Sweet life, Sprint.  

-100 to -105dB is technically a usable signal, I am a little confused on what the problem is. The picture on the left is when you are roaming and the picture on the right is your native coverage for Sprint?  As far as 1x and 3G EVDO you will not get the same signal as EVDO is a little fragile compared to CDMA 1x RTT.  The picture on the right it looks as if your are getting voice service from another Sprint site other than the site that has the incoming EVDO signal, were you 3G roaming? 

 

EDIT: I've never seen a Basestation ID with only 3 numerical digits like that before for on Sprint.

I have had strange behavior with my S3 too.  I had it roaming on 1x on SID 21 (Verizon 850) while on Sprint EVDO or LTE.

 

On the GS3, EVDO and LTE share a transmit/receive path, so you can only be on one at a time.  1x is separate.

 

Legacy was 3 digit all the time around here.

http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/20/sk-telecom-lte-a-300-mbps/

 

Just something to think about while we are being gimped more and more with single radio, non SVDO, non SVLTE, crippled junk.

 

I don't believe for a minute that a single radio with a single signal path will improve reception as Sprint claims, simply because the antenna tuning should be different between bands.  I further do not believe the battery implications that they claim multiple radios to entail.  These South Koreans obviously don't believe it either.  Further, multi-band aggregation would assure a smooth handoff between bands, while Sprint's band to band handoff is nowhere near smooth.

 

Sorry, just saw this today on Engadget and it reminded me to rant about a topic that has been on my mind for a long time.

It's band 31, 5x5 brazil is gonna use it.

Yeah and they are running CDMA and GSM on it in Russia and GSM (I think) in some of the nordic regions, since the large scale retirement of NMT.

I know you may just be throwing that frequency out there but isn't 450Mhz reserved for public safety in the US?  I know in my area, public safety uses 453 and 458 Mhz. 

Also licensed band business radios are in that area too.

Same here in MI lately on my Note II.  Data seems to just hang up on EHRPD.  It sometimes unhangs itself but not often.  Works fine on EVDO A (by forcing CDMA mode) or on LTE.

 

Incidentally, to reference a couple of posts up, on the radio level, the difference between EHRPD and EVDO is nothing.  EHRPD sends data through the LTE ground network and DDCs instead of the MSC.  This way, data goes through the same routing for both EVDO and LTE, allowing for better hand off and fewer lost sessions when travelling between them.

that wouldnt interfere with me getting normal LTE correct, so thered be no reason for me to upgrade my s4 to the spark s4?

Spark capable S4 is what I would consider a downgrade. My new note 2 is making me nuts with the number of places where I can't talk and use internet simultaneously. My GS3 was the best.

LTE is active in a lot of locations in Michigan on 1900 and plans are for all sites to get LTE on 2600. 800 voice and LTE will only be seen primarily on the west side of the state due to the 100km exclusion zone from the Canadian border. 800 LTE is not active in Michigan at this time but some sites on the west side do have 800 voice.

Precisely.

Detroit has had WiMax Protection sites active for almost 2 years. The coverage you are seeing in Detroit on Sensorly is definitely WiMax and not LTE.

 

Robert via Nexus 7 using Forum Runner

Detoilet has a LOT of LTE coverage area with Sprint. Don't take this the wrong way though , it isn't the perfect network and is massively overloaded such as it is today. However, the geographic coverage is very good and once more than the about 15% of sites that are active with LTE, become active, the game will change in a most dramatic way.

 

Then again, detoilet is detoilet is detoilet...

Same problem here after update. At my place of employment phone sounds really poor. Same msg about wideband calls. Other places calls sound fine.

Let me guess... in a Samsung market with Network Vision 3G?

 

Edit: never mind. ohio is Samsung.

If you got the update over the air, do not use Odin to go back to the old version. It will trip a flag in the KNOX bootloader and cause problems for later software updates or possibly a no boot or reboot loop condition.

Will that wipe all of the apps and everything?

it will.

 

It's essentially rm -rf /data

This sounds like a software issue, since you stated that you can play other files perfectly fine. Maybe the phone app is just being really buggy.

 

 

-Luis

 

yes i have figured out that the speaker itself it not damaged.  As for the phone misbehavior, it only happens on the new CDMA and not the old.  i am more inclined to think it is a radio issue.  Further, when this is happening, the device says it is unable to adjust sound while on a "wideband" call if i change anything but volume.  It seems to have this same screwy sound no matter what output device it is connected to.

 

The sound is like a hiss mixed with the audio signal that rapidly transitions between on and off.  At lower volumes, it sounds like a blown speaker would, but at high volumes it does not.

 

With the restoration of MC2 firmware, the hiss like problem no longer occurs.  I instead have my ear blasted once again with no ability to turn the sound down.

 

the only problem is that it was a trip to install the new firmware without getting that stupid new Samsung security thing with it.  I do not want to go through that again until I know it will work right, plus I am getting OTA update notices again.

I am starting to wonder now, actually. I just read a few complaints about the sound quality. I also just downloaded an app that allows playing audio files through the earpiece. It has no issue with music or talk files even at pretty high levels. I don't particularly want to take this thing apart either. Will reflash MC2 and find out.

I have recently come across a new problem with my new phone. This only happens in areas that are on the new network for 3G, and only on calls displaying so 73.

 

I find that I am completely unable to control the volume level of the earpiece speaker on my device. Whether it's all the way up or all the way down, the sound level is exactly the same. Speakerphone volume control functions normally. As soon as I'm outside of the new network, I'm back on the legacy 3G, my earpiece volume control functions normally.

 

At first it was just a mild annoyance, and I'd solvde it by putting a piece of cloth isolator tape over a my speaker. Now that my software has been updated, I am able to control the volume in these areas, but my earpiece sound is very very bad because the speaker seems to be blown.

 

Has anyone else encountered this issue? I am seriously about to replace my speaker myself, as I do not want a rebuilt phone. I have much greater confidence in my ability to repair this device than in their refurbishment shop.

I think he'd consider it, as long as Ericsson is not the vendor there.

 

Robert via Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

Except that there will still be no 800 MHz here.