Does it announce anything? Data should be 3G AKA EV-DO on Verizon, 4G would be LTE in their case.
If you don’t have anything you may be connected to the 1X channel, do you have data service at all? > On Apr 12, 2016, at 12:26 AM, E.T. <[email protected]> wrote: > > Scott, > Its been quite a while but seems when I checked carrier status, it would > announce 3G. It no longer does, so what am I getting? Its not LTE for its not > enabled. Just curious because of what you told Mike and I realized I had not > heard 3G in some time. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard... > [email protected] > Many believe that we have been visited > in the past. What if it were true? > > On 4/11/2016 5:20 PM, Scott wrote: >> Mike, this was true last century.:) Actually a little more recent than that >> but is no longer the case, sort of.:) >> >> First, yes, you can most definitely buy an unlocked iPhone from Apple >> directly for example and slap a Verizon SIM in the phone and join the >> network no problem. Is this officially supported, not exactly but Verizon >> runs a pretty open network so phones should join and auto provision >> including LTE. This is actually the part of the VZ network I worked on. >> The LTE channel now supports voice so your calls route over the data channel >> and use GSM just like the rest of the world now.:) Verizon gives you some >> other interesting features like video over the voice channel and of course >> now that it’s all GSM / LTE you can browse and talk on the same device at >> the same time. >> Sprint it’s been my experience could accept other phones but locks >> their network to the phones they sell. I have been told though I believe on >> this list and as well on the eyes free list that you can now insert a Sprint >> SIM in to an unlocked phone and it ill join their network. I don’t know >> about their frequency usage other than they are doing a carrier aggregated >> thing similar to T-Mobile across more than one band. One of the good things >> about the 6S is it has the same radio chip across the product line so you >> get a wide amount of support in one handset. It’s a true world phone. >> >> Hope that helps. >> >> >> >>> On Apr 11, 2016, at 7:51 PM, Mike Arrigo <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> With unlocked iphones, you can definitely choose at&t or t-mobile, with >>> verizon and sprint it's a bit more interesting, unless this has changed, >>> you need to have the model of iphone designed for these two carriers. >>>> On Apr 11, 2016, at 5:52 PM, E.T. <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Scott G, you probably can answer this easily. I am on a family plan now >>>> but may need to go on my own. If I buy an unlocked iPhone (likely the 6s) >>>> from any source, any capacity, can I choose any plan from any carrier >>>> (likely Verizon)? Reason I ask is I just looked at their site and did not >>>> see any 6s models, just the plus. >>>> >>>> I should probably go to a local store and at least look at the different >>>> models and compare sizes. Could ask about plans too while there. >>>> >>>> From E.T.'s Keyboard... >>>> [email protected] >>>> Many believe that we have been visited >>>> in the past. 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