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Cough Cough.
 
http://s4gru.com/entry/432-sprint-to-begin-volte-soft-launch-in-september/

VoLTE is here? Finally!

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Looks like T-Mobile already has B71 up in some areas, even areas that I frequent up in the Northeast.
The timeframe is pretty impressive!

 9 months between the time the boundaries of band 71 got known (mid-January), band defined, network equipment and a flagship phone designed and installed/released to customers

5 hours ago, danlodish345 said:

Fastest I've ever seen on a wireless carrier with my own experience.

Holy sh!t

Sure, but hopefully it doesn't start bootlooping like all LG devices...

 

 

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By the time 600mhz is available in NJ LG will be on the V50, please keep that in mind.

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LG V30 will have Band 71.

Great news!

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A large number of people never have used simultaneous voice and data, do not realize that their device and network support -- or do not support -- simultaneous voice and data.

 

AJ

Source?

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Report: SoftBank may be willing to give up control in a T-MOBILE merger. http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN15W26E

My Not 4 just died on me. I feel lost with out it. Sprint gave me th N5 they didnt have anymore N4's. I hate the n5. You cant multitask while talking on the phone, know SD card, couldn't fit what i had in my n4 to n5. Anyone here something about Note 8 coming out soon??

Any one try out RCS using Messenger? Fluid? Clunky?

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This and Google needs to implement it for people who moved their numbers to Google Voice and use Hangouts for sms.

At least Sprint is implementing a universal standard as opposed to one of their own like AT&T and T-Mobile implemented. That means that when more carriers switch over to the standard, they'll be cross-compatible.

Heads up! It seems like Sprint has enabled RCS to be used in the Google default messenger app since the new update for Nexus and Pixel phones has been prompting some users on Sprint and Project Fi to enable "enhanced features for Messenger". These include things like read receipts and typing indicators.

 

http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/11/03/rcs-going-live-google-messenger-users-enabling-enhanced-features-sms/

 

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Just an FYI. If you are coming from another Samsung phone and had enhanced messaging enabled, disable it on your old phone before activating a Note 7. Apparently the Note 7 does not have that feature for some reason.

 

I was sending texts to my mom from my Note 7 and I wasn't receiving anything back. I turned on my old phone (Note 5) and 4 messages came through over WiFi. For those who may not know, enhanced messages go over the data channel, so that's why they came through over WiFi.

 

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Anyone who knows suburban/exurban North Florida and the demographics personally would understand that Jacksonville is more than large enough to support an NFL team. But it's problem is that it's a poorly owned/managed and often poorly coached team. The fans have supported that team for a long time. But there's just nothing there to support. If they had built even a halfway successful team, it would be a whole different ballgame.

 

The fans spent big money and showed up for nearly 20 years and just now are giving up. Because there are new generations now than the ones who fought to bring a team for so many years. And they just have nothing to get excited about.

 

Sadly, it feels like they're circling the drain now. I think we're nearing the 'event horizon.' No new positive and remarkable energy in the real near future, and it's over.

 

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Exactly. Population is definitely enough to sustain the team. Team performance is the main issue to fan attendance.

Win and they will come. Simple.

No, thank you.

 

I like being older with money, position, and land.

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The risk isn't on the customer here.

 

It's on SoftBank as it will decrease profits in theory

 

 

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Thank you for actually answering my question.

The risk is on Softbank and, by proximity, Marcelo..... Potentially decreasing profits.

You've been on this forum for years, so you should know what the old Sprint was like.

Goes to show that Marcelo isn't afraid to take risks with these kind of offers.

I tried using hangouts but the call feature doesn't work well for the iPhone IMO

VoLTE has been flawless for me on T-Mobile.

Irony

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Great interview/article with Tarek Robbiati (Sprint CFO):

 

‘Profound transformation’ at Sprint will be ‘big challenge’ for company’s new CFO

 

Lots of stuff in there about his perspectives on Sprint's past mistakes and its upcoming network/business plans.

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You mean on Wideband CDMA like what the 3GPP evolution specified, or old TDMA based GSM voice? The former was very good at it. The other sucked and was a large reason why I dumped AT&T for Verizon long ago. The former didn't reach where I lived into 2013. Wasn't on 850 MHz until 2015 here. T-Mobile never bothered to put the former here, it was only AT&T.

 

Specific generations of the technology matter. As for VoLTE, it is a completely different beast with lots of different implementations. T-Mobile has a different VoLTE implementation than Verizon, for example. I might have to write an entire technical post on this and ON VoLTE standardization. It's going to be a while, though, before the dust settles in that regard.

 

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I'm genuinely surprised T-Mobile hasn't got a big small cell install in the field yet. If they do I don't see it yet. I realize LAA is part of their plan but that is primarily for congested indoor environments like shopping malls, big box stores, and large office buildings. That isn't for deployment on macros. T-Mobile could use small cells for the congested hotspots. The use of B41 in the hotspot areas is a huge reason why Sprint speeds got way better in the PC Mag testing. T-Mobile could use LAA in cities like Chicago and St. Louis where they have congestion in crowded areas.

 

Verizon is a huge monolith to spend problems away. T-Mobile doesn't have that luxury. Even with an incredible network leader, TMo has to be very disciplined with network spending because they lack the scale of Verizon and AT&T. That is a large part of why T-Mobile couldn't modernize all rural sites yet. Expanding coverage is a good thing for T-Mobile but it is a long term bet.

 

Verizon is likely to push harder on VoLTE. They aren't to the point where they can pull CDMA out of phones yet but they are to the point where they can default VoLTE.

 

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