MarshieZ

In a bit of a situation... since the Netgear LTE 6100d router/gateway I have is being retired/phased out with the June 30th shut off date, I need a LTE/5G router that I could purchase that would be BYOD capable to replace it with...

Any suggestions or help is MUCH appreciated!! 😀

17 hours ago, mdob07 said:

So I finally received my gateway and got it setup last night.

Have you run into any issues with double NAT or such running it the way you are? Those are very impressive speeds though!

Still have 3 lines on my Framily plan and cannot beat what I have with my discounts!

16 minutes ago, jamesinclair said:

Stopped by a Sprint store.

"Are you looking to open a line with us?"

"No I-"

"If you don't care about your phone number we can move you to a new account and you will only pay $8 a month for the Galaxy S8!"

 

Interesting business practice.

3rd party or corporate store?

5 minutes ago, imex99 said:

Lol, quality Sprint advertising....
 

Wasn't that in Baywatch with Zac Efron in it too?

I actually went ahead and signed up for Sling TV after my month trial expired from the purchase of my new 4K TV. I've been really impressed with it. Added the $5 to get DIY and for just a few cents over $26 a month I get almost 50 channels. Plus with Hulu for free, it's made my Roku TV be well worth it.

3 hours ago, RedSpark said:

Some more info on Network Performance from Sprint:

http://newsroom.sprint.com/sprint-performs-like-champ.htm

A 94% increase of data used over last year is quite impressive! Looks like a lot of those upgrades really paid off.

@Tengen31 Ahh that makes sense! I knew about the Tri-Band... just didn't know it displayed like that on SCP.

Thanks! 

I'm going through my SCP logs and have "B41 TB"... can anyone tell me what the "TB" means/stands for?

8 hours ago, derrph said:

Why is this still a thing with Sprint

SO I guess Pokemon GO is still a thing to the point Sprint giving out poke coins or whatever if you switch to Sprint. I Just don't see why they (Sprint) are trying to make this a thing still. I'm sure the majority has moved on from PG besides the younger kids. SMH.

5 hours ago, BlueAngel said:

I still play.

As do I, and many, many others. Pokemon Go is a VERY big "thing," in fact they're releasing another massive update here soon and is not dying off anytime in the near future. It's a great way to get people up, moving and have fun!

And for Sprint, it's a great marketing tool to bring players in by the stores and kiosks to get their items from their Poke-Stop.

17 hours ago, JonnygATL said:

Either way this victimization culture is nauseating, at best.  Flippin millenials!

Sorry, no. The whole blaming of millenials has got to stop. I'm so tired of getting blamed for everything because of my age. When in fact the real problem is those who we were raised by. We "learned from the best!"

We have the issues we have because we blame the young people for everything, while in reality - not everyone - the majority bust our butts to make our lives and everyones lives better.

 https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_58b9a358e4b0d2821b4dd797/amp

Is it true that what determines if a MagicBox will connect to a site is Carrier Aggregation or something else?

I know that even if a site isn't B41 equipped - as stated above -  it will connect to B41. But do we know what the qualifications are?

10 hours ago, mnjeepmale said:

So I'm on Framily plan with unlimited data. I didn't think I would be eligible for Hulu but I saw it when I logged into my account. Nice! 

Same here, this was a super pleasant surprise! I was able to go on to my account and set it up in about 5 minutes, super easy. 

3 hours ago, nexgencpu said:

Very happy with Slingtv/Hulu/Netflix combo. Still cheaper than having a cable package that's even near comprable. 

Not to off track more, but how is Sling TV... it's been out for a while now and it's very tempting with ESPN, NFL Network, Fox Sports, etc. Has it been reliable? 

On 9/27/2017 at 10:02 PM, though said:

I may be wrong but I think it may sometimes take a day or 2 to tally up.

Nope still nothing. The first time I went up to Wausau was almost 1.5 weeks ago with LTE roaming, and now it's been over 24 hours since I was last on LTE roaming and still at 0. Both after using Cellcom and U.S. Cellular roaming data.

Tomorrow we're headed down to Prarie Du Chien and will be roaming from La Crosse until we get there. I'll recreate the experience again and see what I roam on... but still looking very promising as long as I stay off of Verizon!

37 minutes ago, swintec said:

same here.  although ive had like half a megabyte get added to my roaming totals for some reason.  dont know if it was a quick jump onto verizon at some point or something but ive done like 2 gigs this month in testing and nothings been tracked.  i dont like to push it so i will probably lay off for a bit.

That's what I'm scared of. Since I actually still will need to be able to roam, I don't want to test my luck. But it looks promising thus far!

I've yet to ever roam on Verizon as far as I know.

On 9/19/2017 at 6:59 PM, swintec said:

i saw the same today with SCP but it is a display bug of cached data i believe.  during this behavior, if you completely exit the SCP app and then reopen it you will see it now shows USCC correctly.

On 9/19/2017 at 7:03 PM, MarshieZballer said:

Hmmm, that would make sense then. I won't be going back that way for awhile, but I'll try and at least go to Waupaca here soon to see if I can recreate this and get some screenshots. I'm still at 0 for roaming data as of today!!

So... after 8 months of 70-90 hour work weeks with my internship and not getting a real vacation for many years, I get to go on one this week for my birthday.

On the way I've been trying to track those roaming signals. I was on US Cellular quite a bit and Cellcom here and there... STILL have 0 for roaming. I will see what happens once I get home, but LTE roaming - and just data roaming in general - has been solid.

I'll upload screenshots once I get back and keep you updated, but so far this has been awesome!

I'm still on the fence about updating my 5S to iOS11... I really like 10.3.3 on it and by far my favorite thus far since I got it early last year.

I don't know? Should I download now or wait? Is iOS11 really worth it?

Just now, swintec said:

i saw the same today with SCP but it is a display bug of cached data i believe.  during this behavior, if you completely exit the SCP app and then reopen it you will see it now shows USCC correctly.

Hmmm, that would make sense then. I won't be going back that way for awhile, but I'll try and at least go to Waupaca here soon to see if I can recreate this and get some screenshots. I'm still at 0 for roaming data as of today!!

20 hours ago, swintec said:

was this on USCC?  i did a few quick downloads again today while on USCC and i *think* it got added to my regular, non-roaming LTE totals for my usage.  still need more data points though.

I would assume it would be, being at where I was. But I have no way to confirm it because of SCP saying it was a "Sprint" LTE signal. But my Note 5 was roaming for sure. This is all an area where I'm lucky to get a decent 3G signal. So it definitely was from another provider.

On 9/16/2017 at 10:25 AM, swintec said:

Has anyone who roams on US Cellular (LTE or EVDO) noticed that roaming traffic is no longer being updated in account usage (as roaming)?  I only noticed around labor day time frame, at the same time i noticed that i was no longer limited to about 2 mbits.  Labor day weekend i put through about 1.5 gigs of data on USCC and it was not reflected and i was not cut off but then my statement cut and everything got reset and here we are several weeks into a new period and again no roaming traffic has been counted, still set to zero.  I used about 150 megabytes yesterday afternoon but i can not tell if it was added to my normal non-roaming LTE totals or not.

See... now maybe what I saw wasn't so weird after all.

I was most certainly roaming with an "R" listed, however SCP represented it as Sprint data. And 2 days later I have an updated usage account still with 0 data used for roaming. I still don't know, but I'm happy about it. Because it filled the gaps in nicely.

This was between Steven's Point, Waupaca and New London.

Updated OP to reflect pricing and information changes.

My Karma still comes with me to every gig I do just as a backup, it's always been reliable. And while I'm not ecstatic about the new plan, it is a dollar cheaper than just buying 1 GB every month. So for what I use it for, it makes sense for me.

Any of you still use yours? Any members buy it since then?

Ebay.

Every time I've looked, there's never one on there. And when there is, it has some crazy plan attached to it.

Did they remove the netgear 6100D as an option? I don't see it anymore.

Yup, about a year ago... right when I was about to get one myself and haven't been able to find one ANYWHERE since then. 

http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/local/2016/11/28/awarding-colburn-pool-bids-liquor-ban-agenda/94292924/

 

Hey folks, saw this nugget today.

 

Tucked in at the bottom under; Other noteworthy issues:

Looks like all 26 made it to the regulatory organ. Nifty.

Be sure to post this news in the North Wisconsin thread so the Green Bay people can see it too!

Great find! I'll have to keep my eyes peeled when I go to GB next time.