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Sprint Home Wifi Router [Wi-Fi Connect][Asus AC66u]
red_dog007 replied to marioc21's topic in General Topics
Stock Sprint/ASUS firmware is garbage. 90Mbps seems to be about the best I could get out of mine. Flashed stock firmware on it and got the expected speeds off it. -
I wonder if this has become part of Sprint's coverage map update initiative. Looking at their map, a lot of areas have really small coverage areas, while others are larger. In the same region too. Look in the Southeast coverage map it is pretty easy to see. Easy to spot where each tower is, one tower barely has any coverage while the next one down has 4x the coverage. At lot fo the sites that are still 3G only along the highway don't even show having overlapping coverage. As Sprint upgrades their proper LTE coverage on their map, makes me wonder if they have noticed and realized this and remoteing back into these units and pushing config changes.
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Doesn't do anything for capacity, just real world coverage. And to an extent it will. Just depends how much longer users are on 2.5GHz in the real world before they get kicked to other bands. It will also take time for sufficient amount of users to have adopted this technology through the purchase of phones that support HPUE.
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Band 66 = 2180-2200 DLBand 70 = 1695-1710 / 1995-2020. This is deployable in 5, 10, 15MHz chunks. Band 29 = 700E Then they just CA all that. 15x15 B70 would be the main carrier, then just CA 10MHz B70 + 20MHz B66 + 5MHz B29 on the DL side. Not accounting the sporadic AWS3 they have. They could do all kinds of CA mixes based on a markets need.
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They have 40MHz of AWS4. 2000-2020 and 2180-2200.
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Verizon EVDO roaming now?
red_dog007 replied to Wireless Junkie's topic in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment
On VZW and USCC I sometimes the x on the roaming signal bar. Nothing comes in or out. Sometimes an airplane toggle fixes it and if that doesn't a restart always does. -
so how do people feel that verizon is doing unlimited again?
red_dog007 replied to stuckinohio1's topic in General Topics
Still nothing is as good as my 2 for $100. Got on them before the throttle restriction past ~22GB. -
Sprint 850 MHz is so Congested.
red_dog007 replied to DesotoTyler's topic in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment
One thing I've wondered, SoutherLinc owns a few MHz below Sprints and below 815MHz. Being a power company, I can see the public safety need, but still they operate a cellular network, has LTE, and apparently will be a Sprint roaming partner. Did they get some type of special wavier? -
600 MHz auction results posted and transition schedule
red_dog007 replied to ericdabbs's topic in General Topics
I think it was what was truly excited from this auction. Broadcasters trying to take advantage of the AWS3 fiasco. To make any money 84MHz was the clearing spot. Win win win win I think. Everyone gets their money and we get airwaves repurposed for a more worthy cause. Compared to 700MHz though, it's not AS successful I'm sure. Though close I think. -
Just got it activated
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So the unlock code finally got through. They said as soon as it comes off the owners account I can activate it. Sounds sketchy, but hope it works! Don't understand how that works. How do you get an unlock code? The guy pay the device off in full?
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The guy apparently talked to Sprint and got an unlock code. Anyone know what that means? Told me to tell Customer Service and that it might take 3 days for me to activate the phone. Im on the phone right now trying to say I have an unlock code, but Im talking to a wall. edit: I called Sprint yesterday and today. Damn, I will say wherever this call center is, the women sound very attractive. Almost like they are Korean or something.
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Looking up terms of sale, the ESN is supposed to be clean and it was "verified" clean by Swappa. That means from Swappa's site "Ready for Activation Devices listed for sale must be ready for activation on the advertised carrier by a new buyer. Devices cannot be blacklisted, nor reported lost and or stolen. Device cannot be activated on another account at the time of listing." Swappa either didn't actually truely verify this device as ready to go, or the seller gave a different ESN.
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Yeah, in the private seller chat I ticked the box to notify a swappa agent. So swappa agent said seller must reply. I don't want to wait too long to perform a paypal refund so I am going to do it probably late tonight after Sprint stores close. I highly doubt this dude is going to pay the $700+ buyout price on the lease. It's a slick phone though and the B25/26 performance is really blowing the socks off my old 5X. Hopefully get that back from LG soon. Otherwise I think I am just going to settle for a Moto G4 Plus. I have sold on swappa a few times before, first time buying. Don't think I'll ever do that again. To know for sure that a device isn't leased anymore, you have to buy something that is like 3 years old. This might be part of the reason why carriers pushed contracts. Im sure third party sales have taken a beating with everyone being leased now.
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Ok, so I bought a V20 off Swappa. I get the device, go online and the HEX is bad. I call, wait a little and get told the device is still activated. The phone still has a sim in it, so I see if it works. Well, it works. I head to the Sprint Zone app to see if I can get account details. This guy leases the phone, owes $700 on it still and current payment is past due. The owner IS the seller so I know it isn't stolen. So... I reached out to see what is up. Going to try to send the phone back because he'll owe several hundred more on it compared to what I paid him. BUT, I kinda think this guy is dumping and running while taking me money. If this guy ignores me and his bill lapses, goes to claims or whatever, Im out what I bought it for? It is through PayPal so I should be able to get my money back if this guy doesn't respond.
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I don't even think that is the case. I think the carriers just have more room to charge whatever they want on Android branded devices. Some are willing to take more or less profit then others. If you look at AT&T for those same 3 devices, AT&T charges even more than Sprint. You look at USCC they charge less than Sprint. ATT doesn't need CDMA, only difference is Band 30. You'd think economies of scale they would be cheaper then at least Sprint. Then USCC is CDMA as well, and just due to economies of scale, you'd think they would be more expensive then Sprint.
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It would be nice if Sprint also didn't charge a little premium on their phones. Sprint vs TMobile, Sprint S7 costs $25 more. The V20 is $23 more. The G5 is $65 more.
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So they are getting parts back in? The December articles are saying LG started to do full refunds due to lack of hardware. I don't mind either way, whether I get a refund, a new refurb phone (even of different model, read someone got a G4) or my exact phone back. I however filled out the RMA on LGs site this morning and got the phone sent off at lunch. If I get the phone back, will most likely just end up being a solid backup device. I have a Nexus 5 backup but isn't ideal. I shattered the screen a while back and the screen replacement I ordered turned out to be rubbish. And boy does the N5 camera suck.
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I would also say it depends where you live. AC routers can help out with congestion. They have more channels available in 5GHz. If you get older N routers, they also have the older power output ratings on 5GHz. I have an old N router as an AP and it only has 4 5GHz channels and the coverage isn't nearly as good as my AC APs because it broadcasts at the older allowed power output which. You don't even need dd-wrt or any other open firmware either. If you have wire already going where you need it, just turn DHCP off on the router and it turns into a switch.