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One thing I've heard about LTE (don't have it) is that the latency is lower.
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Zarkov Cortez posted:One thing I've heard about LTE (don't have it) is that the latency is lower. I can't speak for the entire country but the penetration through buildings on LTE seems to be loving terrible. I get LTE with 5 bars outside my apartment but it drops down to fake 4G [and sometimes even EDGE] as soon as I go inside. Same result in all the malls here. To be fair it's in Saskatchewan but I've heard similar stuff in BC/Ontario.
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Nov 13, 2012 05:11
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Godinster posted:I can't speak for the entire country but the penetration through buildings on LTE seems to be loving terrible. I get LTE with 5 bars outside my apartment but it drops down to fake 4G [and sometimes even EDGE] as soon as I go inside. Same result in all the malls here. To be fair it's in Saskatchewan but I've heard similar stuff in BC/Ontario. Sounds like my experience with HSPA+ and my office 
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Nov 13, 2012 05:16
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Godinster posted:I can't speak for the entire country but the penetration through buildings on LTE seems to be loving terrible. I get LTE with 5 bars outside my apartment but it drops down to fake 4G [and sometimes even EDGE] as soon as I go inside. Same result in all the malls here. To be fair it's in Saskatchewan but I've heard similar stuff in BC/Ontario. This is highly dependent on the frequencies each carrier offer LTE at. The auctions for the recently freed up 700 mhz spectrum have yet to begin, and that frequency will be the best at building penetration by far.
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Nov 13, 2012 08:15
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Nexus 4 just went on sale on the google play site
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My experience with LTE on my iPhone is that, while it's not as fast as some of the numbers I've seen reported on verizon, I'm able to reliably bring down 10MBps on Bell's network. The real benefit is the latency. I never see 'buffering' spinners any more. It kind of creeped me out at first because it's faster than my home internet in that regard.
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Nov 15, 2012 06:06
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Not sure how new these are but Fido has some OK plans right now, til the 25th. http://www.fido.ca/web/content/monthly/smartplans Unlimited text, minutes, canada wide long distance and 1gb data. Comes with call waiting/conference/visual voicemail/Call display/name display/whocalled $57 And it's available month to month or with 2 year contracts. The hilarious thing is that you can't get the plan with a 3 year contract. That's because the only phones that Fido sells that require a 3 year are iPhones. So to screw over anyone who absolutely must have their iPhone they offer the EXACT same deal except they call it a "Max Plan" instead of "Smart Plan" and it puts you on a 3 year contract but they charge $80/month. I'm tempted to switch from my koodo plan since I don't use all that much data. I could sign on for 2 years and get a free galaxy nexus that I could craigslist since I already have one. Plus it'd save me $3/month over the Koodo plan and I'd get visual VM instead of the old kind that koodo uses. Edit: Hmm, visual voicemail app for android doesn't have much in the way of good reviews https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fido.vvm Squibbles fucked around with this message at 07:58 on Nov 15, 2012 |
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Nov 15, 2012 07:49
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Sassafras posted:Can you substantiate that 'better latency' claim? What sort of pings do you get on the LTE network? Entirely unscientific, but ~10-15ms according to the speed test app. I don't know how that compares because I never thought to test it before. ZShakespeare fucked around with this message at 16:29 on Nov 15, 2012 |
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Nov 15, 2012 16:21
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ZShakespeare posted:Entirely unscientific, but ~10-15ms according to the speed test app. I don't know how that compares because I never thought to test it before. You can disable LTE and run the test again. I'd do it for my iPad but I just cancelled Bell for being complete toolbags wrt billing. I guess I'll pick up a Rogers sim or something with the Mini w/cellular comes in.
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Nov 15, 2012 16:30
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mediaphage posted:You can disable LTE and run the test again. I'd do it for my iPad but I just cancelled Bell for being complete toolbags wrt billing. I guess I'll pick up a Rogers sim or something with the Mini w/cellular comes in. I'm full of poo poo it seems  
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ZShakespeare posted:I'm full of poo poo it seems EVOLVE DRAGON
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Nov 15, 2012 17:25
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I love how the 3G is 3x faster and better ping than LTE.
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Nov 15, 2012 18:02
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To be fair, you have a poo poo LTE connection and full bars 3G.
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Nov 15, 2012 18:25
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It is really sad when my cell has faster speeds than my cable connection.
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Nov 15, 2012 19:11
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Got a shipping confirmation for my N4, it's supposed to arrive next Tuesday 
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Zarkov Cortez posted:Got a shipping confirmation for my N4, it's supposed to arrive next Tuesday
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Does anyone have any experience with The Mobile Shop?
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ZShakespeare posted:I'm full of poo poo it seems One test each isn't a very good sample size, you could have just hit a patch of LTE lag or poor signal while the 3G test went through under optimal conditions. Also make sure you're pinging the same server on each test.
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Squibbles posted:Not sure how new these are but Fido has some OK plans right now, til the 25th. I'm thinking of pulling the pin on this today for my wife and I unless I can find something better, which to be honest I haven't. Wind and Mobilicity still aren't up to snuff seeing as I spend a lot of time out of the city. We might be moving to Sask. in 6 months or so and their Rogers/Fido coverage sucks. We're going to have to buy the phones from Mobilicity so we don't get nailed for such a high cancellation fee. I can't believe Fido still lists the Nexus at $600 when everyone else has dropped their price to nearly half that.
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Nov 17, 2012 14:35
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Squibbles posted:
Its horrible. A notification telling you "vvm is synching" comes up about every fifteen seconds, which cuts your battery time in half. About twice a day I install it, let it check for messages and then promptly uninstall it again. Worst app I've ever used.
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Nov 17, 2012 19:34
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Skeeter Green posted:One test each isn't a very good sample size, you could have just hit a patch of LTE lag or poor signal while the 3G test went through under optimal conditions. Also make sure you're pinging the same server on each test. If you actually want to see latency you shouldnt use the lovely speedtest app. Find the ip of your gateway and ping that.
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Dfuz posted:Its horrible. A notification telling you "vvm is synching" comes up about every fifteen seconds, which cuts your battery time in half. About twice a day I install it, let it check for messages and then promptly uninstall it again. Worst app I've ever used. I saw mention they have an alternative method you can use that utilizes MMS messages? Have you tried that and if so, how well does it work?
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Squibbles posted:I saw mention they have an alternative method you can use that utilizes MMS messages? Have you tried that and if so, how well does it work? No I haven't... But Ill look into it. When I first started this plan I just had standard voicemail which was fine. This vvm nonsense got added without me knowing. I want to go back to srandard but I've been too busy to call them. Where did you see this MMS option mentioned?
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Dfuz posted:No I haven't... But Ill look into it. When I first started this plan I just had standard voicemail which was fine. This vvm nonsense got added without me knowing. I want to go back to srandard but I've been too busy to call them. Where did you see this MMS option mentioned? http://www.fido.ca/web/content/manageyourcalls/visualvoicemailplus quote:Users with a supported Android and BlackBerry device can manage their voicemail messages through an application. Other mobile phones will receive voicemail messages via Picture/Video (MMS) messages.
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Godinster posted:I can't speak for the entire country but the penetration through buildings on LTE seems to be loving terrible. I get LTE with 5 bars outside my apartment but it drops down to fake 4G [and sometimes even EDGE] as soon as I go inside. Same result in all the malls here. To be fair it's in Saskatchewan but I've heard similar stuff in BC/Ontario. LTE uses a different frequency. Telus is 850mhz for hsdpa but 1700/2100 for LTE. That frequency gives it the wall penetration power of wifi, except at a much higher broadcast power. That's why the 700mhz auction is a big deal™. Its also why Wind and Mobilicity have such terrible signal when indoors. Same frequency as LTE so same signal penetration problems but for all of their service. Aenslaed fucked around with this message at 20:58 on Nov 18, 2012 |
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Will a Telus phone (HTC Desire) work with a Koodo SIM without being unlocked? If no, will Telus unlock an older phone like the Desire for free? I upgraded from the Desire a year ago and it's been sitting in a drawer since, my friend would like to use it if possible.
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Kreez posted:Will a Telus phone (HTC Desire) work with a Koodo SIM without being unlocked? If no, will Telus unlock an older phone like the Desire for free? I've used this seller 3-4 times and never had a problem with them. http://r.ebay.com/fNXDpb
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Kreez posted:Will a Telus phone (HTC Desire) work with a Koodo SIM without being unlocked? If no, will Telus unlock an older phone like the Desire for free? I'm in the same situation as you. Apparently according to the compatibility thing on koodos website it won't. I got an unlock code from eBay as well but it looks as if your best option is to sell it. Let me know if your results are different though
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Hmm, I just remembered I tried to unlock it a few years ago when I was going to be in the US for a week. I downloaded some tool from XDA that was supposed to unlock the phone without using the code. It didn't work (program said "Success!" but non-Telus SIMs still spat out a "SIM locked" message), so I bought a code from eBay, which the phone accepted with no issue (saying Network unlock successful or something), but it didn't actually unlock the phone, and it would just ask for a code again upon rebooting. I'm guessing this is due to the tool I used before. If the Koodo SIM doesn't work, I'll just try running the tool again, it's been updated a ton since I used it 2 years ago.
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I'm not familiar with the desire, but I had a desire z and I recall that I had to take some extra step to get s-off (sim unlock) during the rooting process. Of course this was before there were automated tools.
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Nov 20, 2012 16:35
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Hahahah yesssssssss sGoogle Voice now forward to my stupid Canadian number hurrayyyyyyyyyyyyyy
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mediaphage posted:Hahahah yesssssssss sGoogle Voice now forward to my stupid Canadian number hurrayyyyyyyyyyyyyy Wait holy poo poo what, we get Google Voice now??!!
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Nov 21, 2012 04:32
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I just tried with a Vancouver number and it didn't work.
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Nov 21, 2012 04:40
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Yeah, "could not be verified" on a Vancouver number, gently caress you guy for getting me all excited
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Nov 21, 2012 04:42
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So if I live in Victoria and want a wind mobile sim card, can I just order one online?
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My latest Rogers billing email posted:Note: If you are using Internet based e-mail (using a browser to access your email), you will need to select "Open in New Window". Internet-based email you say?  If I'm going to be given incorrect nomenclature by an ostensibly-technology-focused organization, I at least expect it to be for reasons of pandering to the consumer's ignorance. This is simply incorrect. Anyway, </pedantry>
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Kowak posted:Does anyone have any experience with The Mobile Shop? It can't be any worse than Best Buy Mobile. If you're doing a new activation there's probably some decent gift card offers but as far as renewals/upgrades, it's all the same.
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CLAM DOWN posted:Yeah, "could not be verified" on a Vancouver number, gently caress you guy for getting me all excited After some Googlin' it appears GV can forward to Calgary numbers. Us Vancouverites are cooler, Google!
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If you have an android phone, try verifying through the app - don't use the online thing as that didn't work for me, either. I have an Ontario phone number and it's working fine.
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