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800 CDMA is accepted all across GR, but it's not live everywhere. It definitely helps a lot where you can pick it up, so I'm hoping LTE 800 gets here fast. Sadly, it seems this market is oversaturated with people on Epic Touches, and LTE 1900 is already struggling in places. That, and if the Clearwire WiMAX sites get turned in to Network Vision sites, many of our problems will be solved as well. Here's me crossing my fingers. Not sure if Rob is okay with me throwing this out there, but I do have a G2, new in-box, I'm willing to part with for very cheap...

Just for everyone's reference, the Framily discount not showing up on the first bill is a bug. It's a glitch. Reps are now supposed to call in to their support teams immediately to get credits applied. If it shows up on your bill, just call in, and you'll get it yourself. They recognize it's a problem, and are taking steps to mitigate it.

Without going into details, most Tablet sales don't "count" if the customer goes on the $5/month plan. For some stores, that isn't the difference between "high" commission or not, it's the difference between "comission" or "no comission."

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Do people actually use Android anti-virus apps? The only time I've witnessed anything close to malicious was from pirated software...

I wonder about that myself. How often does it need to call home? Does the device just need to see "Sprint" in its PRL and be good? The restrictions stated make it sound like it's based on the Sprint licensing schemes for spectrum, but that shouldn't matter - it's WiFi.

Considering the two phones in that screenshot are both Spark enabled, it would not surprise me at all that they're accelerating this for Spark phones. Not only that, but getting this rolling on all Android devices eventually will dramatically reduce their overhead costs in purchasing and maintaining Airaves... That being said, that screenshot looks like it's from a legitimate Sprint online training course. I'd recognize that 1990's style page layout anywhere. What really tipped me off was the edge of one of those hideous yellow rounded-corner next buttons...

30 seconds of Googling: http://www.fiercewireless.com/special-reports/average-android-ios-smartphone-data-use-across-tier-1-wireless-carriers-thr-1 I apologize, my numbers were slightly low. However, even Sprint users, who have had unlimited data, use 0.68-1.43 GB of data per month. Other carriers have similar numbers.

Correct. Nobody is going to really argue that the friends and family plan, that's basically the turbo version of the referral program, is a good deal for a single line. Edit: The Unlimited Data package also comes with Annual Upgrades similar to the old One Up program. As well, your average smartphone user uses just over 1 GB of data a month, and with things like the Nexus 5, phone subsidization may not be something you need at all.

I have a feeling that whomever you talked to was, ah, not trained properly. One line on Framily with Unlimited Data and no phone financing would be $75, vs the $79.99 of Everything Data 450. If you only want 3 GB, it's $65, and 1 GB, it's $55. The only way it's more expensive is to add a phone financing option on top. The $15/month fee is only for customers who switch to Framily and have received a subsidized upgrade on or after 1/10/2014. If your last upgrade was before that, feel free to switch and not get charged the fee. No, the opposite in fact. Anyone who has used a subsidized upgrade more than 6 months ago is immediately eligible for Easy Pay to start a new phone subsidy.

Your Airave will stay on its current $0 plan. Phones can go on Framily if you wish. By the way, people can now switch to Framily + Easy Pay and get a new phone if you've had a phone for at least 6 months, no giveback required.

Have you tried ODINing completely back to stock? I don't remember whether or not the GS3 had a separate LTE modem firmware from CDMA, but it likely does. I'd try flashing a couple modems back, in succession, up to the latest. You haven't mentioned whether or not the device connects normally to EHRPD or LTE, only that being in LTE mode freaks it out.

I'll just leave this here. For the money spent... https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=nexus_7_16gb_2013

We've got effective downlink capacity of 5 MHz (1900 MHz 5x5 FDD) + 5 MHz (800 MHz 5x5 FDD) + 12 MHz (3:2 20 MHz gives an "effective" 12 MHz of downlink) = 22 MHz. So, we're slightly better

FORMAT AND RESTORE S-sorry about that. Years in IT have made me jittery, and prone to outbursts...

Right, you do what's called a "transfer of liability". You put the liability of the phones in question under someone else's name. This somewhat eliminates one of the biggest advantages of Framily, as you will receive a single bill. You also may not be able to do this, depending on the credit of the receiving account. But yes, it will work.

Yes, but 22 (5 + 5 + 12 (3:2 ratio for 20 MHz TD-LTE, effectively)) is bigger than 10.

That must have been something they quickly backpedaled on; the Launch Guide and FAQ from a couple days ago clearly said that the Unlimited Guarantee was not included, despite Unlimited Data being offered.

The key part of this is "years". The cellular industry today is nothing like it was in 2011, which was nothing like it was in 2008... As we've discussed on this site ad nauseum, unlimited data is untenable in the long term.

Rate plans never include taxes and fees, partially because taxes differ by city, state, and region.

Yes. Anyone who has upgraded before 1/10/2014 can switch to Framily without paying the $15 extra charge. Correct. One Up is being retired in lieu of Easy Pay. Oh? All the material I could find specifically called out that the Unlimited Guarantee was NOT included with Framily. I don't think that's an issue, to be honest. I think, for some reason, they just don't see a reason to continue with the "Unlimited Guarantee" marketing; it likely didn't work as well as they'd hoped. No, because Japanese doesn't work like that. Current accounts cannot merge together. You can start a new Framily and add referrals, if you wish.

While Framily has no contract, if you already have a contract, you will still need to run out that term commitment to not cancel without termination fees.

Not sure if this got answered... Framily has no contract, no subsidized upgrades. Phones MUST be either on Easy Pay (Installment Billing), paid at MSRP, or BYOD. The "Annual Upgrades" that come with the Unlimited Data addon are like Sprint One Up, where you give back your phone, wipe out the second half of the Installment Billing agreement, and start one anew. If you don't go with that package, your Easy Pay agreement must go for all 24 payments. You do have to stick on the $20/month Unlimited Data package for 12 months consecutively to qualify. No jumping on at the last second. Nope, extra non-Phone lines have their own pricing plans, and have nothing to do with Framily, and do not count against the 10 phone limit. As Framily can span across multiple accounts (for multiple liability), each account has its own line limit dependent on credit. Such a profit is much less than you might imagine. Especially Apple devices.

Third Party Employee 3000 or something similar. I tried adding it before and was told it was $5. Stopped caring at that point, didn't want to press the issue.

I downloaded the app to my Note III to test it out, but it won't activate without a direct connect plan, which is at minimum $5/month. They could bring back the chirp in a big way if they'd give that out for free and bring it to all sorts of devices.