Fraydog

I get that there's still a network gap between Sprint and Verizon. I want to make clear my commentary is on the technology in general with my own anecdotal experience as the guide.

Here's a question that I'd like to ask you all who are still ripping VoLTE as a technology. How many of you have actually used VoLTE? My experience on Verizon voice wise has been way better on VoLTE. Before I had a VoLTE device I would have never believed this. Now, I'd have to say it is the truth. On CDMA here I had: Dropped calls Crappy voice quality No simultaneous voice and data Contrast with LTE that Almost always holds calls HD Voice quality Simultaneous voice and data If anything I'd say VoLTE is keeping me much stickier on Verizon than I thought I would be.

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I think a lot of the cost savings of "on contract" has been an illusion for a while unless one is still on SERO, which is part of the reason why Sprint still has network and balance sheet issues in the first place. I'm not so sure the new Sprint plans wouldn't be cheaper than the ED1500 when calculated out over two years. Maybe the new plans would appeal in that regard. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk

I have long speculated the true motive of a Sprint/T-Mobile merger would be the decommissioning of the Sprint CDMA network. I also think T-Mobile's equipment could add band 26 and band 25 support. I'm betting T-Mobile's base station equipment already supports LTE in those bands. That leaves band 41 as the lone add for capability. In T-Mobile's the, the Nokia B41 equipment could easily be added to the Ericsson areas they have. Here in Nokia territory it would simply be adding another Flexi and antenna set to existing installs. That would not be a difficult integration at all. As a matter of fact Sprint would be easier for T-Mobile to integrate than MetroPCS was. Sprint already out covers Sprint in rural but adding B26 would improve capacity greatly for rural. Only areas that would be hard are areas where Sprint is that T-Mobile is not. That is not a lot of territory. In those cases Nokia would just replace existing equipment. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk

I do think there are plenty of legitimate complaints about Root. Off the top of my head: 1. Testing methodology is almost always vague and has got more unclear since they were acquired by IHS. 2. Testing more heavily slants toward road testing which is always going to favor carriers with larger and more deployed low band networks. 3. Sample slants too much toward voice calls which are still important but not nearly as important to data for a lot of users. Meanwhile a lot of the T-Mobile base is in what I would call heavily urban areas where a lot of people not only don't use voice much at all but also don't drive nearly as much as rural people who do care about rural usage, are more likely to use voice calls on the road, and have a native Verizon network for those voice calls, and most of those people are using CDMA. I'm betting Root disabled VoLTE on their Verizon devices. No way VoLTE reliability is that high. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk

Next frontier? This has been happening on T-Mobile for the last year. It wouldn't be an issue if the 3GPP and GSMA weren't asleep at the switch. Unfortunately here we are. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk

The honest truth is that SERO has had to go for a long time and the simplification of plans is way, way overdue in that regard. Either we're OK with Sprint's network being good enough, or we pay more to be competitive with Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile in that front. No shortcuts. To be honest I'd also say no more duplicate, out of standard networks.

VoLTE isn't really standardized to be uniform at this stage anyway. What we've had pop up has been a number of different VoLTE implementation profiles that are different than each other. I realize this will get worked out eventually, but the 3GPP and GSMA were asleep at the switch on this standard as far as making it a standard. That's why VoLTE support has lacked on a bunch of unlocked devices. 3GPP compliant solutions that work on all carriers are really hard. People have to realize that. Unfortunately, I don't think a lot of people do realize that. Even on T-Mobile, which people will sometimes cite as the best carrier for unlocked devices, VoLTE support for unlocked devices is fairly limited. http://www.spectrumgateway.com/compatible-phones

The mythical beast of CDMA SRVCC is huge news if true.

Is Sprint fully transitioned to IMS based WiFi calling yet? Edit: Nope, though there are efforts to transition based on what is being mentioned in other threads and on Reddit. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk

I still have it on my Note5, but Pandora was so good and well tuned for my own needs that I never used Milk Music.

https://np.reddit.com/r/tmobile/comments/4yhdjl/uncarrier_12_summed_up/ Wow, people are hurt over on the Magenta subreddit. I thought some of it would die down today. NOPE. What would I do if I were in T-Mobile's boat? I'd suggest offering 14 GB of hotspot along with the $25 HD video fee. That would at least give new customers the ability to construct the old unlimited plan.

I don't think we can say that either Sprint or T-Mobile killed Network Neutrality when Verizon, Comcast, and AT&T have fought it tooth and nail since academics came up with the idea of Network Neutrality. Let's use Occam's Razor. Sprint and T-Mobile are both also rans at attacking Net Neutrality. Verizon wins that battle with AT&T and Comcast right in their wake. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk

https://np.reddit.com/r/AdviceAnimals/comments/4sw42p/after_seeing_the_tweet_from_tmobiles_ceo_about/ Just now saw this... oh my goodness, that picture.

Ars commenters are self-policing. If they get what they perceive to be AstroTurf in their midst, they react accordingly. FierceWireless never had that sort of commenter to begin with.

Um, you look at Magenta reddit yet? That would be the risk - that loyal customers get alienated. I didn't see this coming, I must admit. That said, the anger is clearly shown over there.

Magenta Reddit right now: Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk

It's entertaining to see the back and forth here coming from real competition. That said, we're the winners as consumers with better choices and better rate plans.

Who copied who here? Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk

I'm reading more into the Reddit responses and I am seeing a lot of "I'm on a pretty sweet Simple Choice plan and I'm going to be mad if I ever get forced off it." That's a fair point. How long do the current plans stay around for grandfathered users? In the conference call Braxton Carter mentioned that "Simplicity drives cost reductions" so if that is the modus operandi I could see where people on the Magenta side are concerned. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk

Also if you look at Reddit, a lot of the natives aren't happy. I'm kind of surprised by that. Going to be interesting to see the debate over there. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk

Also, I just don't watch a lot of video on mobile. That said, if you're on the Note7 that T-Mobile and the other carriers are pimping out, I think a lot of people are going to be able to tell the difference between 1080p and 480p. I can on the Note5 and that is a similar screen. That said I doubt they upsell much video. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk

For a single unlimited line that's a good deal. $70? Shit, this is the sort of thing that tempts me even though T-Mobile doesn't yet have B12 or any coverage in Sparta. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk

I have the charging issue. I think I'm either upgrading or using the upgrade for the Note7. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk