utiz4321

This can and does happen with all carriers. I know with AT&T text messages/mms have a 48 hour guarantee (normally it never takes any where near that long). So, assuming sprint has the same guarantee you messages are not technically delayed. I have had it happen from time to time in Phoenix but it normally goes away. I have also worked on getting this issue resolved for customers and tried to get clarification on what causes the issue with our (AT&T) network people and have never really gotten a straight answer. I am assuming the messages are getting held up in the switch for some reason or another.

Is there equevelent ## codes for the iPhone 5? If so any one know what they are? I have only ever found *300#12345#*, but that one gives only certain info. Thanks.

 

 

Once upon a time, there was the prospect of CDMA2000 Rev D, otherwise known as EV-DV. Like W-CDMA/HSPA, EV-DV would have conveyed both voice (circuit switched) and data (packet switched) over the same carrier -- no SVDO necessary. Channel configurations would have included 1xEV-DV, 2xEV-DV, and 3xEV-DV. Sprint could have deployed 3xEV-DV in even its most spectrum limited 10 MHz markets (e.g. Fort Wayne) because EV-DV maintained full backward compatibility with existing cdmaOne and CDMA2000 devices.

 

What happened to EV-DV? To some extent, VZW killed it. VZW decided to go ahead with EV-DO because the EV-DV standard had not been finalized. Sprint intended to wait for EV-DV but then found VZW gaining too much head start, so Sprint jumped over to EV-DO. And the rest is history.

 

AJ

I thought sprint was the first carrier to release evdo.

This deal represents the largest single capital investment by a Japanese firm in the US, it is a good sign when forign companies want to invest in the US for an untold number of reasons. If the DOJ is stupid enough to hold up/kill this deal it will be a sign to companies all over the world that if they make to big a capital investment in the US they will face problems and that will have negative effects far beyond the wireless industry (of course most will be unseen so no one will care). There is no national security issue that would warrant the DOJ holding up this by any sane judgement, Japan has been an allied nation for near 70 years and a huge trading partner. This is a troubling sign for the US economy in general.

If lte is not live in your area turn off lte. When I did that my problem went away.

 

 

"I think that this is the corporatist GOP rationale. Most people are ill informed. And it may be largely true, almost enough so to convince me to vote Republican. But I also know sufficient history and economics to understand that this

approach is not sustainable."

 

Asymmetric information is not a problem for most markets, including the wireless market. Most people are ill informed by choice. Think about it, are you an expert on everything you buy? Well every company out there is much more knowledgable than the average consumer they serve on the products they offer. So, almost every market has asymmetric information and that is where reputation comes in. Reputation is a quick (imperfect, but you could have complete information available and still make the wrong choice) and relatively cheap way for consumers to gain enough information to act as if information was symmetric. I don't know anything about cars per say but I know Honda and Toyota have a reputation as reliable and economy, Lexus for style and luxury ect.... So I am able to participate in that market reasonably well. More over I choose to be relatively ignorant about cars as I am not that interested in them beyond the use from getting from point a to point be and that is the way a all people are about most products they consume, wireless is no different.

 

AJ

 

 

I think that this is the corporatist GOP rationale. Most people are ill informed. And it may be largely true, almost enough so to convince me to vote Republican. But I also know sufficient history and economics to understand that this approach is not sustainable.

 

AJ

The SoftBank deal will go through. There is no reason for it not to. The clearwire buyout might not, there is a lot of investor backlash and the FCC might require sprint to sell some spectrum as a condition for approving the deal. So there is still a lot of uncertainty, but I hope it goes through and sprint retains control of all of the clear spectrum. This would allow them to be a disruptive force in the wireless market and keep cheap unlimited plans.

If I wanted to see all the avaliable evdo channels how could I do that on my iPhone? When I use this code it just tells me what channel I am on.

Thanks.