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Wait...did Verizon get a new CEO a little ago?
They got a new CFO after their previous CFO, who was strongly against offering unlimited data, retired at the end of the year.
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Can former Sprint subscribers take advantage of "new customer" promos? I ported out from Sprint to Cricket in July, but I'm thinking of going back to Sprint for the $50 Unlimited Freedom promo. Would I qualify as a new customer?
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That $50 unlimited freedom promo that Sprint was running for four days last week wasn't so limited after all. Starting on Friday, they're offering the promo again and it will be available to sign up for until the end of March, with the promo pricing remaining in effect until the end of March 2018.
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New FCC Chairman incoming. He has me deeply concerned about the future of wireless. http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/23/14338522/fcc-chairman-ajit-pai-donald-trump-appointment
The fact that Comcast said the following should be a clear indication Pai's appointment is bad for consumers. The last thing Comcast is interested in is things that benefit consumers.
Comcast Chief Diversity Officer David CohenWe commend [Pai’s] tireless efforts to develop and support policies that benefit American consumers and spur greater investment and innovation in broadband technologies to connect all Americans and drive job creation. This is a terrific appointment for the American consumer and the companies the FCC regulates and we look forward to continuing to work with Chairman Pai in his new role. -
However, the $200 million is actually a good bargain for 3 million users and the company is worth at 600 million. If they were later sold to another company for 2 billion or more, this will be a prudent investment by Sprint and Marcelo.
That 3 million number is reportedly inflated and the actual number could be closer to 1 million.
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This is correct. Bidding is on-going.
I thought that was the case. Thanks for confirming, Trip.
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No the 4th round is the final, the Auction is over
Yes the fourth stage (to use the proper terminology) is the end of the auction, I'm not arguing that. My point is that the fourth stage isn't over yet. Bidding in the fourth stage is still going on (as explained in the link in my last post), unless it ended today but I can't find anything indicating that it has.
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http://www.phonearena.com/news/Report-FCC-auction-of-600MHz-spectrum-draws-to-a-close-with-winners-to-be-named-in-March_id90171 they will be announcing the winners on March first. Only getting $17.7 billion total.
I think it's premature to put an actual number on the total bid because I think the auction is still ongoing. It has reached the minimum, which just means the auction will close when the current stage of bidding ends, which will be when there are no further bids in any market. Bidding was scheduled to go until 4pm ET today and continue on Monday, if needed. I have not seen anything that has said bidding has ended yet.
I welcome Trip (or someone else) to correct me if I'm wrong.
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Grammer Nazi
Spelling Nazi (as I point out the proper spelling of grammar -- love "Word Crimes" BTW)
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According to this Reddit thread, starting Friday you can add unlimited data (with mobile optimized streaming) to any tablet for $20/month on autopay ($25 without) if there's an active phone line on the account. 5GB of mobile hotspot included.
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I disagree with with the comments about fan support. Now more than ever the fans are loyally supporting the team even with the losing record.
FACT: The Jags haven't had a blackout in YEARS meanwhile other NFL teams struggle with attendance and blackouts each year.
No team has been blacked out since 2013, when there were two. There were none in 2014, then the league got rid of the blackout policy entirely as of 2015.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2016/03/28/nfl-continues-suspension-of-blackout-rule/
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Did anyone else notice it says up to 1080p for videos while the T-Mobile one says up to 4K? Seems like they're still limiting the amount of bandwidth for video, just enough for 1080p. Not saying 4K isn't overkill, just an observation.
Yep. According to the Verge article about the Unlimited Freedom Premium plan, video is capped at 1080p, audio is throttled at 1.5 Mbps and gaming is throttled at 8 Mbps.
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No more overages but they added a BYOD charge so two steps forward and one step back.
AT&T already charges an access fee for BYOD, so they're not adding it with the new plans. They're changing it to a flat $20/line (right now, it varies with the among of data in the plan)
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How's cricket compare?
I haven't been to Lake George since I switched, but Cricket's coverage map shows LTE up there. I can tell you where I live in Queensbury, there are places where I got 3G on Sprint but I get LTE on Cricket so the coverage in this area is better.
I was looking into cricket too. I travel up there frequent enough that it drives me crazy and brings back PTSD from NV 1.0
Queens berry has lte but not lake George? Smh.
Looking at cricket do they allow hotspot devices?
As I mentioned about your quote, even parts of Queensbury doesn't have LTE, but on Cricket the worst I've gotten is HSPA, which is significantly faster than Sprint's 3G. I'm not sure about Cricket's hotspot policy since I don't use hotspots. I'm pretty sure it's not included with their plans, but I don't know if there's an add-on available for it.
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Speaking of upstate New York , was in lake George and 3G was almost as bad as free hotel wifi! I can't understand how a place with so much tourist activity can be so awful!!!
Yep. I live about 20 minutes away from Lake George and noticed the ridiculously slow 3G when I was up there about 5 or 6 weeks ago. Took me about 30 minutes to download an 18MB podcast. That was the last straw for me that got me to switch to Cricket.
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I got the Moto G with Amazon ads on Tuesday and, honestly, the lockscreen ads don't bother me. I think I've seen a full-screen ad exactly once -- the first time I turned it on. If you have any notifications, the ads only show up as a notification. Since I always have at least a coupe of notifications (SignalCheck, weather) I always get the notification-style ads and, honestly, don't even notice what product is being advertised much of the time. Well worth the price of the phone, especially as a backup phone or something. I plan on using it until the next Nexus comes out, then keep it as a backup.
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Historically speaking the Android news/fanclub sites have an annoying tendency to advertise fan-made artist renderings as leaked promo renderings. No idea if that's what's happening here (kinda doubt it since AP is generally pretty reputable) but it's possible.
AP made the render based on information about the devices they got from their sources.
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I tried to open a new line on my family plan under contract at a Corp store yesterday and they wouldn't let me. Hmm. I guess I gotta call telesales or best buy.
Yeah, it'll probably be hard to get in-store reps to let you do contracts because apparently they make a lot less for those than they do leases/installment billing. So when they tell you you can't do it, they really mean they're not willing to do it because they don't make enough money to make it worthwhile for them.
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I have seen ton of permits and info on small cell being installed and going up in many different markets, 2nd carrier+CA got deployed at a pretty fast pace. Finally 3rd carrier has been coming online in many markets. I honestly do not know how much more they can do especially knowing Sprint's financial situation...
How much more can they do? How about launch B41/LTE Plus in markets that don't have it before worrying about deploying third carriers?
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Good timing. I just had to go back to my Note 4 yesterday because the screen on my Moto X cracked. Guess I won't have to look at the Walmart spinner again for much longer.
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So LG is selling an unlocked G5 model that works on GSM and CDMA.
But the specs on the B&H site, if they're accurate, don't include B26 or B41
Cellular Network
2G (CDMA/IS-95 ) Bands:800, 1900
2.5G (EDGE, GSM/GPRS ) MHz:850, 900, 1800, 1900
3G (CDMA2000, EV-DO ) MHz:800, 1900
3.5G (HSPA+, UMTS/WCDMA ) MHz:850, 900, 1700, 1900, 2100
4G (LTE ) Bands:2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 17, 20, 25
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Seems they've added sprint network capable device to the list. Nice to have options!
Say goodbye to options.
Nextbit has cancelled the CDMA variant.
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The codename Google is using internally for Android N is New York Cheesecake, which likely won't be the final name if history is any indication -- the last three codesnames were Key Lime Pie, Lemon Meringue Pie and Macadamia Nut Cookie.
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My guess is Nutella with the hint they dropped.
The hint is actually why I don't think it'll be Nutella. They usually wouldn't give that big of a hint this soon before the release of the OS. I think it's a misdirection.
Before the release of Android 4.4, Google was dropping hints it would be called Key Lime Pie, but it was eventually released as KitKat.
so how do people feel that verizon is doing unlimited again?
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According to a Verizon authorized retailer who posted in the Verizon subreddit, the $80 includes the line access fee (and $5 autopay discount). So it seems like a single line would be $80 plus taxes and fees (plus an extra $5 if you don't do autopay).