Thomas L.
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Sprint & T-Mobile Roaming Agreement
Thomas L. replied to EntrepreneurKid's topic in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment
I'm pretty sure they have put into place some throttling after a period of uncapped speeds. I can no longer get anything above 3-4 Mpbs down anywhere I've been roaming on T-Mobile in the San Diego area. I have the same experience that upload seems to be uncapped and I get 30-50 Mpbs up+. This is on a cell that I get 100+ down with my T-Mobile SIM card in the same place on the same phone. I feel like deprioritization isn't that uniform usually in a whole area. -
I mean, in the borough of Manhattan they are. You'd think they would be more than tied with Verizon too considering their spectrum position.
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I am so depressed with the RF performance of the Essential phone. It's a great phone with everything other than the RF reception, and that's basically a deal breaker. I live in an area that has pretty good coverage so it's not as much of an issue, but when I'm traveling there are places I know I should have coverage and I don't.
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Yes, and that I can use non-Sprint approved phones that are compatible with Sprint. I have one that's totally compatible from China but can't be used.
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AT&T Band 5 is live in the San Diego area, I have a phone from China that only supports Band 5 in the US and can get LTE.
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LTE Advanced Launch announced on 10/31
Thomas L. replied to crazy_vag's topic in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment
The Essential phone is also supposed to be supporting upload carrier aggregation, so it's possible that's part of why you're getting higher upload speeds. -
I'd like eSIM capability. It would make traveling much easier.
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Sprint VoLTE Discussion Thread Redux
Thomas L. replied to lilotimz's topic in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment
Something that's interesting, when I do a network search on my essential phone, 312-530 shows up as an option, but it is "forbidden" and I can't connect to it. I wonder if anyone knows what that's about. -
Sprint VoLTE Discussion Thread Redux
Thomas L. replied to lilotimz's topic in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment
Interesting, that's been used for MagicBoxes previously. -
That would be my assumption as well, and it is in the LA market, but I was in the South Bay last week and it was not enabled, so I'm not sure what's going on or what the delay is.
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My unlocked Essential Phone did a profile/SIM card update when I restarted just now, and I'm not sure if it did before, but it has the toggle for enhanced 4G LTE mode (VoLTE). I'm not in a soft-launch market so I'm unable to confirm whether or not it's enabled. Theoretically the IMS app on the SIM card is the only thing needed if the phone's firmware supports VoLTE.
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Sprint VoLTE Discussion Thread Redux
Thomas L. replied to lilotimz's topic in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment
I have no doubt Sprint will restrict devices in the same way AT&T does when it comes to VoLTE use. Sprint is by far the most restrictive carrier when it comes to devices, even if it is a fully compatible device... -
That's true without a doubt, it sucks in terms of RF performance compared to be LG V20, but Android P seemed to make it even worse - it doesn't aggregate carriers like it did before. I might actually downgrade to see.
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My performance on Android P. on my Essential phone has been a lot crappier too. I thought it was just in my head but maybe that's it.
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[PSA] Sprint announces GEN3 (4th iteration) Magic Box
Thomas L. commented on lilotimz's blog entry in The Wall
It'll support CDMA voice as well! That's a big deal!
