trojanman05

I was in the Nagoya area between Christmas and New Year's with my Project Fi Pixel 2 XL. Stayed connected to Softbank LTE the entire time, and to multiple bands (I remember seeing 1, 8 and 41 on SignalCheck Pro) while in Nagoya, Kyoto for a half day, and Tokyo to catch my flight back to the states. This includes solid connection underground and in the subways. Never did a speedtest, but whenever I needed to use the phone, speeds were excellent. Signal was also great on the Shinkansen (bullet train) between Nagoya and Kyoto and Nagoya and Tokyo. My work iPhone (AT&T) roamed on either AU (KDDI) or Docomo, and also stayed on LTE the entire time. And again, solid connection underground, in subways, and on the Shinkansen. Back when I was in Japan in September, I had a Nexus 6p (also on Project Fi), and that phone varied connection between Softbank and Docomo. If I remember correctly back then, my phone was connected more to Docomo than Softbank. Overall, great network infrastructure in Japan. I've been on Project Fi since October 2015 (switched from Sprint), and it's so nice traveling overseas with no extra charge for high speed data (and I've been to many overseas locations in both Asia and Europe since switching).

Took two different 10 day trips to Europe over the past month, and the international service provided by Project Fi is phenomenal. First trip (September) I visited Munich, Salzburg, Budapest and Prague. Each of these cities I immediately connected to HSPA or HSPA+ and speeds were more than sufficient. .20 cent phone calls (when on cellular), unlimited texting, and data at the continued $10/gig. Also, free hotspot use so that my friend could use data. The only snag occurred in Budapest when it took a few reboots to finally register my phone on the network, but from then on, it was smooth sailing. On this trip, total data usage was about 4.7 gigs (due to sharing data with my friend), which is above my normal 3 gig plan, but no overages, I just continued to pay $10/gig. Second trip (this past week) I visited London, Ireland (western areas) and Paris. In London and Ireland I was connected to Three (which Project Fi recently added to their network as full native coverage) and was on LTE (labeled as 4G on my signal bar) in London and HSPA/HSPA+ in Ireland. Coverage was great in London, and generally good in Ireland (some spotty coverage due to the rural areas I was sometimes in). In Paris, I was connected to HSPA/HSPA+ and switched between the Orange and Bouygues Telecom networks, whichever was strongest at any given time. My data is currently at 2.93 gigs and I have two days left on my billing month, so looks like I'll be on target with the 3 gig plan. Overall, great international experience with no exorbitant fees. It was so nice to turn my phone off of airplane mode and immediately have normal cell service just like in the US (or in the case of the Eurostar, come out of the tunnel into France and have service). I was able to text friends/family back in the states and they were able to text me like normal. I never did a speed test, but speeds were more than fast enough (seemed like normal LTE speeds like here in the states). Great job Google/Project Fi! Happy customer every since I joined from Sprint last October!

Since we're sharing places to eat, these are some of my top food places in LA: Tito's Tacos - Culver City. I could eat 5+ tacos in one sitting, and the salsa is so good! I live in Orange County now and will sometimes drive the 45 mins just to eat here. El Cholo - original on Western between Olympic and Pico. Not a hole-in-the-wall like Tito's, but this has excellent Mexican dishes in a sit-down restaurant. I know there's also one in Santa Monica and downtown LA. Tommy's Burgers - original on Beverly and Rampart, known for their chili cheese burgers. I've never been to any of the franchise restaurants that have been popping up, so can't vouch for how good their food is to the original...but the food at the original shack (which is actually still the real, original shack) is to die for. And don't be fooled, Beverly does not mean it's anywhere near Beverly Hills. It's actually closer to downtown LA; take the Alvarado exit off the 101 freeway. Versailles - great Cuban food, one on Venice Blvd in West LA, and another on La Cienega near Pico Father's Office - great gastropub off of Venice Blvd near downtown Culver City. There's also one somewhere in Santa Monica, but I've never been to that one. I'll also +1 Philippe's, Grand Central Market, and Roscoes. In-n-Out too, but that goes without saying.

TIM and Vodafone (both LTE) are the major carriers in Italy, and both have shops at the Termini train station in Rome. We bought a prepaid data SIM at Vodaphone and put it into a MiFi device so both of us could use the data on our phones. It worked within an hour after leaving the shop. Signal and speed is good and fast in Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, and on the high speed trains/highways in between. It didn't work in Nice, France.

I too have noticed a better connection with Sprint, especially over the past few days or so. I'm on Project Fi and would pretty much be on T-Mobile 90% of the time, but I've now seen myself connected to Sprint LTE in different areas. One instance is at my gym, where it's now able to hold onto a usable Sprint LTE signal inside...it used to drop to 3G that was pretty much unusable. My phone typically will eventually switch to T-Mobile since the signal strength is much stronger, but it is nice seeing Sprint LTE inside on band 25.

And just reading today it looks like a majority of analysts have downgraded S over the past week from buys to hold, and price targets ranging anywhere from $3.50 to $5.25, with an average of $4.32. I've sold groupings of my S stock over the course of the past few years for profit, but still have that last handful I've been waiting to sell. Easily my worst performing stock. On the other hand, one of my blue chip stocks is up about 72% since I bought 5 years ago

It's from the Fi Spy app which someone made for Project Fi users. It shows which network you're on (Sprint or T-Mobile) and gives the ability to force a switch to either network. I haven't forced a switch (just to test it out) since I first downloaded the app since the automatic switching works good for me, but it's nice to see which network I'm on in the notification bar.

Looks like the 2nd carrier for B41 is beginning to show up in Orange County. See attached screenshot, noticed this as I was exiting the 5 freeway at Culver in Irvine earlier this evening. Since I'm on Project Fi now, I don't run speed tests anymore, but I'm sure this 2nd carrier is plenty fast. I'm actually rarely connected to Sprint these days (I'd say 85% T-Mobile, 15% Sprint)...but more importantly, I stay connected to LTE 100% in all places I frequent and data works plenty fast for what I need it for.

Activated my Project Fi on my Nexus 6P this afternoon! So far so good, LTE everywhere, and the porting process took less than 5 minutes. I have only been connected to T-Mobile, even in areas where I know Sprint is good. Seems that Project Fi prefers T-Mobile, at least here in Orange County. T-Mobile Band 12 also works with the 6P, I connected in various areas this evening. No complaints yet! Should be cheaper than Sprint Unlimited, since I have WiFi at home and work.

Received my 6P this afternoon! It's a great phone, haven't had too much time to play around with it until now, but it's a beautiful phone. However, this also means I've ended my 14 years with Sprint directly (ever since senior year of high school!) as I am now on Project Fi. Since I've been on Project Fi this afternoon, my phone hasn't connected to Sprint at all. It's all been T-Mobile LTE with great signal, and I've even confirmed Band 12 works on the 6P. Even at work, where I have line of sight to a Sprint site, my 6P connects to T-Mobile (I think it's Band 4). At any rate, my LTE experience has definitely improved at the gym where I would get unusable 3G. I know there's a Fi Spy app that allows you to force a certain network, so I might download that to see the difference of where I know Sprint is good but my phone remains connected to T-Mobile. Btw, I'm in the Irvine area of Orange County.

Mine just shipped as well! Status changed within the past 30 minutes, and just got the email with a tracking number. FedEx isn't recognizing the tracking number yet though. Hoping it comes tomorrow since I paid for next day delivery and Saturday is a normal delivery day for FedEx! I ordered an alumnium 32 gig shortly after the pre-orders went live on Sept 29th.

I put in a request back in late July and got a 4-8 week estimated wait. Got the invite this evening after ordering the 6P this morning...just signed up for Fi and will be joining end of October/early November! Excited to try, especially to see how T-Mobile's coverage supplements Sprint in Southern California where B26 isn't available yet. I did test drive T-Mobile earlier this year, and I do know there is T-Mobile LTE at my gym, where Sprint has pretty much unusable 3G, so looking forward to that!

When I was in Italy and France, I would get the warning located in this post: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/5358-sprint-wifi-calling/?p=421065 Once I tapped OK, WiFi calling and texting would work fine.

Was in Maui over the weekend and B26 is active and working well. Saw it in Kahului as well as in West Maui north of Kaanapali. Lahaina itself as well as most of Kaanapali is 3G, but it was usable. Didn't see any B41. I was staying in the hills just north of Kaanapali (for those of you familiar with the area, the mountain side of the main highway) and my phone held onto B26 (it stayed around -105 dbm) especially on the upper floor. On the lower floor, it sometimes would connect and it would work, but otherwise would be on 1x 800/EHRPD (which was still usable for data). This was a single family home with a good amount of shrubbery/trees around 3 sides of the house and the B26 speeds were around 7 mpbs. You could definitely see the reach of B26, since according to the maps, there's only one tower that's LTE accepted in all of West Maui. I also had my AT&T work iPhone which pretty much stayed connected to LTE. At times it would drop to 4G (HSPA) but speeds were still sufficient (in the 2-3 mbps range). In the middle of Lahaina, I got 30 mbps down on LTE. Between West Maui and Kahului, both Sprint and AT&T dropped to 1x or Edge at times when you're driving along the coast.

I'll see if it connects for me on Friday. Flying out of Terminal 2. It didn't work for me back in May when I flew out of the Tom Bradley International Terminal. I also have an HTC M8.

I haven't really experienced the issues some have described. I'm still connecting to B41 (both Clearwire and Sprint) in the regular areas. However, I did recently start a new job, and no longer get Sprint B41 at my office, but I do get a very strong B25 signal since I'm staring at the site from my office window right now (-82 dbm as I type). Hopefully it gets upgraded to B41 soon, but B25 suffices and I never drop from it deep inside the office. But, I will chime in that Sprint service has seriously degraded at the gym I go to near the Spectrum. I think this partly has to do with the new office tower they're building next to the Spectrum, as it now slightly blocks the signal from a site just beyond it. Prior to 4-6 months ago, I could usually get an LTE signal, but if not, the 3G would do just fine. Now, forget about LTE unless I'm close to a window and facing my phone in the right direction, and the 3G in the gym is horrid, can't stream music and most of the time it takes minutes (and sometimes not even at all) to load ESPN or refresh Twitter. It's so bad, even reporting the issue thru the Sprint Zone App takes too long, so I've pretty much stopped from doing that (I was reporting every few weeks). Every now and then my phone will just drop to 1x. Out of curiosity, anyone in the OC area on Project Fi or waiting for an invite? I'm eagerly waiting for my invite. I do know that T-Mobile has a strong LTE signal at my gym (I did a test drive with them back in early May), so this could really compliment my needs as this is really the only area Sprint isn't cutting it for me.

I 100% agree with travismheim on diversifying your portfolio. I definitely would not put all of your available cash into S stock. For one (and this is my personal opinion), it's still going to be awhile until we see significant gains. And second, Sprint doesn't offer a dividend. If you don't know, a dividend is cash given back to stock holders (usually quarterly), and is generally a good way to beat interest rates and offset any dips in the stock market (long term). It's paid out per share, so let's say you own 50 shares of a particular stock that pays a .50 cent dividend every quarter, you would get $25 every quarter. Some well known blue chip dividend stocks include Coca-Cola (KO), Pepsi (PEP), Intel (INTC), Procter & Gamble (PG), General Electric (GE), Disney (DIS), Colgate (CL), Wal-Mart (WMT), 3M (MMM) and IBM (IBM). There are tons of others and these stocks are historically profitable and reliable in both good times and bad and have seen an upward trend long-term, in addition to paying out a dividend to it's stock holders (and often times increasing that dividend over time). FYI, Sprint's competitors Verizon (VZ) and AT&T (T) both pay dividends...no harm in investing in them even though you're on Sprint I would definitely look into some dividend stocks, especially with longstanding companies. Prices of these stocks won't be as cheap as Sprint (and for good reason), but the overall long term return will be a lot greater. In my portfolio, I do own some Sprint, but I own more dividend paying stocks from all sectors of the economy to diversify my investing strategy. Just do your research and consult with others...just don't expect to become wealthy right away.

That's funny, I just randomly tried connecting to WiFi calling this morning out of the blue and it wouldn't work. Haven't connected and used it since I was in Italy and France back in May...what a coincidence that it's out for everyone...

Conclusive enough for me, much appreciated. Only reason I was not 100% sure was because there were some articles out from last year when the M8 was released that it was the first phone to support CA.

Tried to find an answer for this, but haven't found anything conclusive. Does the Sprint M8 have the hardware to support CA? I noticed it wasn't on the list of the screenshot that's been going around, but was wondering if it will get an update later following the first wave of devices. Any info is appreciated, thanks!

Odd, when I was in Italy last week it never asked for a USA address. I just got a pop-up warning that emergency services wouldn't be available since my WiFi access point was outside of the USA (see my post above, #212). Once I said ok, my WiFi calling/texting was connected. Worked like a charm. Wonder why your phone was asking for an address while in Mexico...

I left on May 14th, and when I checked a few days prior to that, Italy wasn't included in the international value roaming. But apparently it was added on May 18th, per this article: http://www.eweek.com/mobile/sprint-expands-its-free-2g-data-roaming-to-7-more-nations.html So no, I didn't use the roaming since I wasn't aware I could in Italy. But the WiFi calling worked just fine, and instead of 2G speeds, I got 3G and LTE speeds. My phone did connect to the 3 network there once or twice when I was off of Wifi. Not sure how great that network is, but Vodafone Italy was great, both 3G and LTE. I was even impressed how great the network was while traveling on the high speed trains (around 150 mph) between Rome and Florence, Florence and Venice, and Venice and Milan. We borrowed a Huawei E5377T from a friend. Worked great, battery life lasted the whole day with 2 devices connected to it.

Thought I'd chime in...there can be WiFi everywhere. I just traveled to Italy and Nice/Monaco for 10 days and had WiFi the entire time by purchasing a data only SIM card for a MiFi device we brought with us. Had WiFi via Vodafone Italy's 3G/4G data network the entire time, and therefore my phone was connected to WiFi calling/texting the entire time, in addition to data for maps, social media, email etc. It was like bringing Sprint with me overseas to stay connected, and it even indicated in my drop down menu I was on the Sprint network. 30 euros for 10 gigs that me and my friend's shared, I'm guessing it came out cheaper than roaming. See more of my experience here: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/5358-sprint-wifi-calling/?p=421065

Just got back from a trip to Italy and Nice/Monaco. WiFi calling worked great overseas and I was thoroughly impressed. We brought a MiFi device, and when we got to Italy, purchased a data only SIM card through Vodafone Italy. Once I connected via WiFi on my phone to the device, I was able to activate the WiFi calling feature. It doesn't ask for an address, but a message does pop up (screenshot attached) indicating you are in an international location and emergency services may not be available. So I basically had cell service throughout our trip by remaining connected to the MiFi device. I was able to text and make phone calls to US based numbers, and they were able to call and text me. If I were to call a number in Italy, I believe international chargers would have applied, but I never needed to. If the device had a weak signal, the WiFi calling would disconnect, but would reconnect when the signal was strong again. I also connected to WiFi calling with other WiFi connections throughout the trip (at our hotel, airbnb places, restaurants, and airports), and all worked flawlessly. It's a great service, especially if you travel internationally. You no longer need to buy a voice/data SIM card, just bring a MiFi device with you and purchase a data only SIM (ours was 30 euros for 10 gigs). BTW, 3G is quite fast in Italy, as is 4G. Never did a speed test as we were trying to conserve our data limit, but we never experienced any slowness when the device was on 3G or 4G. Also, FYI, if you have an Android, Airplane mode needs to be off for WiFi calling to work.

How long has it been going on there?