JosefTor
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Yup, same experience. Global roaming was useless on Sprint as most Web pages and google maps failed to load. Meanwhile my wife had Tmobile and her 2g was fast enough even to tether my wife's family on. When sprint advertises KBps, they means Kbps (I verified this with customer service). I ended up switching to Open World so I could have a working phone. Still waiting to hear what the damage was. Granted it was nerve racking because the networks that Sprint customer service told me to use had different names in the network selection. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
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Sad. I don't know why Google knowing did this.
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Thanks for the quick reply!
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Does anyone know who Sprint's roaming partner/network is in Canada? I'm on a layover here and I want to make sure I select the right one. I'm on Rogers at the moment.
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The same thing I warned Google about during the preview program and they didn't listen (sorry to quote tmonews btw): http://www.tmonews.com/2015/10/some-nexus-5-owners-report-reception-issues-after-installing-android-6-0/ My complaining about sprint may be due to android 6. I also have super crappy wifi signal and drops to no signal on Android 6.
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If you search S4GRU, there is a mostly working apk. I sideloaded it on my Nexus 5.
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That sounds good. I'm hoping that Sprint has a GIS work order bundling system so that visually Sprint can see when these occur and try and proactively put the work and contracts together. I just instituted this at our company. -
Sprint not participating in the 600 MHz auction (report)
JosefTor replied to Rawvega's topic in General Topics
I am selling all my sprint stock and dropped their service after over 13 years. This shows they are not trying to be number 1 and it shows just how crappy their existing advisors/employees are to convince management to be so foolish. In Orange County, even double the amount of macro towers would not be satisfactory as I roam in must buildings and get LTE in less buildings then I have fingers. Perhaps in other states sprint is different, but even B26 will not fix no signal and roaming. -
Can't wait to get the new nexus 5x. I noticed I was on the second one carrier of B41 multiple times today! Luckily, that means I had greats speeds of near 50mbps even with carrier aggregation. This doesn't mean the issues I have been experiencing in OC in the past 3 months are over though as I frequently stay on 3g the majority of the time even with LTE available.
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I love it compared to their dated current logo. Simplicity is the name of the game. Let your actions and not yr logo define you.
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They fixed the tower issue in Aliso Viejo. Unfortunately they fixed it by disabling the B41 for now. The problems started once they enabled it in the first place though so the fix made sense. The problem was a fall back to 3g or no signal when close to the tower and the dropping of calls. It took about 3 weeks for sprint to fix with no sprint care calls from me so I'm hopeful.
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Agreed. Battery life should be more important these days than having a wafer thin phone.
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I don't get why there is any hate on Tmobile for this... This is a good move and one that clearly trumps Sprint. You can argue that Sprint has never throttled users and for that I'd say I don't care. Sprint has stated an absurd plan in the past to limit the top 5 or so percent and gave 5 gbps as a number. I don't even use 5 a month typically but I agree that up to 100 gbps should easily be allowed as long as it does not subvert Sprint's terms and service. Oh wait... Tethering isn't allowed on Sprint unless you pay more... ???? this is clearly a win for consumers and net neutrality does not come into the argument.
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Not to bug, but any news on when the beta will have a public release? Quite excited for the upgrade.
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That's why I'm excited about small cells. The South Coast Plaza, probably the most popular mall in OC, drops to 3g or Roaming almost instantly when walking indoors even though it is surrounded by macro cells.
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The tower near pageant of the arts on the 133 next to Laguna Beach has B25 LTE turned on. It is much appreciated as that was a very slow tower previously due to being overloaded. Plus, for all the festivals happening, it will make for a much better user experience.
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I think this shows that Tmobile has a good model that others should adopt. Having expensive overages or overages at all is something I could never switch to. I do appreciate that Sprint has unlimited though which is one of the reasons that Sprint is on the bottom of this report.
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Hmmmm... Happy to see Sprint trying things, but their old idea was a pretty good one in my opinion as long as their threshold was low on when to add B41. Nothing makes my cringe more than seeing B41 in the middle of nowhere. The reason I say this is because it costs money to deploy and to have that level of fiber available. For a company with a lot of debt, just doesn't make sense to deploy where you do not need it (example: markets with B25 ~12 mbps or greater).
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A couple things... One is LTE scan times. Your phone only scans periodically for LTE. Unfortunately your phone scans less the longer it is on 3g from what I understand. Secondly, it would scan for LTE if there is data use during when the scan would occur. So, if you are streaming or whatnot or have apps that are using data, then your phone will stay on 3g until you airplane reset.
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Besides providing great service in KC, I don't think Sprint should give any special treatment to KC over other markets. Being loved in a relatively small market does not help in larger cities. I for one love marketing smartly, but I would give up all Arena and sport sponsorships as I don't see any return on investment. Airport ads, billboards, and TV ads are probably much better. I can't turn around and not see Tmobile everywhere I turn.
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I heard Sprint can deploy small cells cheaper due to allowing a third party to install then who is vendor neutral and could allow other carriers to use that location. Does anyone know more about this? I like that Sprint is thinking a little outside the box here.
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I hope they don't do VoLTE until they fix the hand-off issue. It wouldn't be worth the poor customer experience even if they could make data speeds improve
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This may be the case or a part of the problem. I noticed this was around the same time as they changed the band priorities. It appears to not jump on B41 as fast, to jump off B41 early instead of holding it until ~131, and to jump off LTE altogether at around 118 to 3g (or no signal for a couple seconds and then 3g even though there is strong sprint signal in that location).
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I've noticed the same thing in Brea. Do you recall if these were Clearwire B41 signals before? I still think something is wrong in OC. I'm waiting for this mysterious "big data" thing to work and to see that people went from 80% or more on LTE to 50% or less while driving.
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Please note that GPS doesn't work in the "near final" build. I guess Google doesn't know the concept of show stopping bugs or at least being up front with their users.
