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    1xrtt Advanced vs VoLTE

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    Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

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    Unlimited means data usage increases while revenue doesn't.

     

    There is always the possibility of moving to the wired internet model.  Pay X for up to 5mbps speed.  Pay Y for up to 30mbps speed.  Pay Z for up to 100mbps speed.  That model is still unlimited, approved by the FCC, and it generates additional revenue.  I wouldn't be surprised to see that occur in the future as speeds continue to increase.

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    Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

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    Why does the Fierce Wireless website often crash my Uverse connection on my gateway? I have to access it through mobile to keep it from happening. It never crashes unless I go there.

    The Magenta Trolls on Fierce Wireless cause many people and devices to puke.  Your Uverse gateway cannot handle the trolling and gets sick when reading the comments there.  This same issue occurs at least daily in many people and their devices who do not wear Magenta or have Magenta colored skin.  It is to be expected and should be put in the AT&T FAQ.  I can handle it because the buzzard in my profile picture has Magenta colored skin.

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    Concept: Could Softbank/Sprint Purchase Dish Network?

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    You would think so...

     

    But do you think it would be wise to try and purchase Dish? It would cost a lot, I would guess around $50 billion.

    I have always thought a move like this makes sense.  Imagine small remotely configurable CMDA/LTE repeater antennas integrated into the satellite dishes on people homes powered by the customer's satellite receiver.  This is small cell heaven.

     

    The wire running into the customer's home would carry both TV and internet and the repeater would broadcast CDMA/LTE signals a few thousand feet for those users on the edge of a coverage hole. Sprint could offer their customers fixed wireless LTE over the repeater antenna connection, dramatically expand their coverage footprint, add streaming video to Dish, offer fixed home telephone service, and offer mobile, internet, satellite TV, home telephone bundles.  In addition, they would gain access to Dish's spectrum holdings which are significant and could help bolster home fixed LTE internet and all of this would be available in the new SprintShack stores.

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    WiFi Calling Support For iOS Coming Soon?

    in Apple/iPhone/iOS

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    Thanks. Fortunately, I don't have satellite. And my ping times are usually sub 40's. But when I download, it sucks all the bandwidth up and there is nothing left of my internet connection to do anything. I guess I should enable QoS on my router so I don't mess up calls.

     

     

    Sent from Josh's iPhone 6+ using Tapatalk 3.1.1

    Definitely enable QOS.  Set your bandwidth for upload and download max bandwidth to 80% of your normal connection speeds to force your router's buffer to be the primary packet buffer on your connection.  Use speedtest.net or similar to see your bandwidth before and after the QOS change.  Then set UDP port 4500 (if Sprint WIFI calling uses the same port as T-Mobile) to the highest priority and your download ports to the lowest priority.  When your router buffer has packets waiting to be sent, it will move your WIFI calling packets to the front of the buffer and your download packets to behind everything else.

     

    Your internet connection will "feel" like it works better as the traffic that you want to be quick will rarely get delayed by your big downloads. Reducing your bandwidth by 20% does not seem intuitive but it really works well once you understand how packet buffers work.  I have been running Vonage over my internet connection for over a decade with QOS in place with no issues.  You do have to watch your router CPU as QOS puts a CPU load on your router.  If your router CPU maxes out, your connection speed will drop like a rock and will be very unhappy.

    WiFi Calling Support For iOS Coming Soon?

    in Apple/iPhone/iOS

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    So, how much bandwidth are Wi-Fi calls taking? Is it low?

     

     

    Sent from Josh's iPhone 6+ using Tapatalk 3.1.1

    I do not know the exact amount of bandwidth that iPhone WIFI calling uses on Sprint but most VOIP calls with Vonage and similar providers take a maximum of 90kbs in each direction while sound is being broadcast in that direction.  This is much lower than most home and business WIFI networks have for bandwidth.

     

    In the US is very unusual for an internet connection to operate at under 256kbs in each direction unless it is overloaded or the person is using dial-up or a throttled internet connection. 

     

    Do NOT attempt to use WIFI calling over a satellite internet connection as you will not be happy with the results.  Satellite internet has a terribly high data transmission time (nearly a second in many cases) and you will spend all your time talking over each other if it even works.

    Everything 800mhz (1xA, LTE, coverage, timeline, etc)

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

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    According to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ link under The Hub link at the top of each page):

     

    International Boundary Exclusion Zone
    This refers to the roughly 70 mile area from the Canadian and Mexican borders (there's varying accounts of the actual area, but 70 miles is what I've seen the most of). The US and Canada / Mexico must reach an agreement for the use of the 800 MHz SMR spectrum that Sprint owns before Sprint can fully deploy that spectrum, otherwise there will be interference with the owners of the same spectrum on the other side of the border (Telus Mike on the Canadian side). The SMR (800 MHz) spectrum is what Sprint obtained from Nextel and is far better at building penetration and traveling distances than the 1.9 ghz PCS spectrum Sprint operates on now.

     

    This is the area where spectrum use is under agreement with another country due to the fact that radio waves do not stop at country borders.  If one country's radio waves interfere with another country's radio waves, that is a major concern to the country being interfered with.  The US has agreements with Canada and Mexico to ensure that radio signal interference is kept to a minimum.

     

    Based on what I have read here, Sprint has already worked out arrangements with almost all of the organizations across both borders for their 800 MHz spectrum.  It is waiting while each over the border organization changes and tests everything that they need to change and test so that Sprint can start broadcasting 1x and LTE on that spectrum without causing interference.  As the cross border organizations let Sprint know that they are fine to start using 800 MHz in an area, Sprint starts to turn it on.  The optimization process after it is turned on can take a period of many months so the signal will be set to low power when it is first turned on.

     

    You will see 800 MHz start to be used in certain IBEZ areas before it is available in others.  It is totally dependent on the across the border organization as to when Sprint is free to use various parts of their 800 MHz licenses in the IBEZ area.  You may also see 1x (voice and very slow data) carriers in use before LTE as 1x carriers use a small swath of spectrum that may be easier to clear first.

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    iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus User Thread

    in Apple/iPhone/iOS

    Posted

    I want to try and find a clear protective case.  The phone is so awesome looking.  It would be a shame to cover it up.  I am normally not a person who likes gold.  I prefer silver and pewter, but when I saw the white and gold version of the 6+ it was a must have...  The gold is not gaudy or obnoxious at all. 

    http://www.spigen.com/brands/apple/iphone/iphone-6-and-6-plus/iphone-6-plus/iphone-6-plus-case-ultra-hybrid.html are my favorite cases.  Good protection, clear and not bulky.  I use the 5S one on my phone.

     

    -edit corrected the link

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    IPv6 support

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

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    the IPV6 website does not load on my PC. is it down?

    The first site in the list (cybermod) will only load if you have IPv6 on the device that is trying to load it.  That site itself is an example of an IPv6 only site.  You must not have a working IPv6 path to the internet on your home computer.  I suggest you go to: http://test-ipv6.com and test your computer to see if it has both IPv4 and IPv6 stacks running with connectivity to the internet.

    The Iphone 5s & Iphone 5c [not Tri-Band LTE] (was "Next iPhone to be announced on September 10")

    in Apple/iPhone/iOS

    Posted

    Wait, does the 5S do just voice on 800 or voice and data?

    Voice and Data.  Mine rarely goes onto 1x800 (CDMA 800) and would rather drop the call than silently move over to that band.

     

    Iphone 5S Sprint version specifications from http://www.apple.com/iphone-5s/specs/

     

    • Model A1453*: CDMA EV-DO Rev. A and Rev. B (800, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz); UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz); GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz); LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26)

    VoIP Telephone Services

    in General Topics

    Posted

    Vonage's Basic Talk service is very good and very reliable. I have been using it for many years with no issue.  The only time I have had any problem is when my internet connection had issues.  Vonage then automatically forwarded all my calls to my mobile phone until the problem was resolved.  Basic Talk is available from WalMart and is $10 per month plus taxes and fees.  Total cost will be $16 per month or less depending on your state for unlimited calling in the US, voice mail, 911 calling and all the other free services they offer.

     

    For VOIP, I recommend setting up a free nomorobo account and configuring your VOIP line for simultaneous ringing to nomorobo.  99% of the telemarketer and political calls to my house only ring one time before being answered and hung up on by nomorobo.

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